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Carl Joseph Begas

1794 - 1854

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Carl Joseph Begas, or Karl Begas, (30 September 1794, Heinsberg – 24 November 1854, Berlin) was a German painter who played an important role in the transition from Romanticism to Realism. He was the first in a multi-generational "dynasty" of artists. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Joseph Begas is the 1,578th most popular painter (up from 1,604th in 2019), the 4,180th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,215th in 2019) and the 140th most popular German Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Carl Joseph Begas ranks 1,578 out of 2,023. Before him are Francisco Rizi, Tetyana Yablonska, Durdy Bayramov, M. F. Husain, Ernst Josephson, and Haddon Sundblom. After him are Hermann Zapf, Hans Baluschek, Stanisław Witkiewicz, Vladimír Vašíček, Nathan Altman, and Rik Wouters.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1794, Carl Joseph Begas ranks 55. Before him are Antoine Bussy, Heinz Christian Pander, Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Christian Albrecht Bluhme, and Edward Robinson. After him are John Biscoe, Sabin Berthelot, Edward Everett, Prince Frederick of Prussia, Karl Julius Perleb, and Princess Ida of Saxe-Meiningen. Among people deceased in 1854, Carl Joseph Begas ranks 49. Before him are Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt, Simón Rodríguez, Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer, Juan Mora Fernández, Anton Pann, and Edward Forbes. After him are Friedrich Eduard Beneke, Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui, William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, Karl Ludwig von Haller, and Angelo Mai.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Joseph Begas ranks 4,182 out of 7,253. Before him are Carl Theodore Liebermann (1842), Frederick Loewe (1901), Sibylla of Anhalt (1564), Lothar Metz (1939), Karl-Friedrich Haas (1931), and Hans Cieslarczyk (1937). After him are Hermann Zapf (1918), Christian Berkel (1957), Friedrich Eduard Beneke (1798), Marlies Göhr (1958), Woldemar, Prince of Lippe (1824), and Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen (1803).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Carl Joseph Begas ranks 140. Before him are Cosmas Damian Asam (1686), Peter von Hess (1792), David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (1628), Georg Schrimpf (1889), Christian Albrecht Jensen (1792), and Christian Rohlfs (1849). After him are Hermann Zapf (1918), Willi Baumeister (1889), Jan Boeckhorst (1604), Hans Leonhard Schäufelein (1480), Ferdinand Keller (1842), and Karl Schorn (1803).

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