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Charles-François Daubigny

1817 - 1878

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Charles-François Daubigny ( DOH-bin-yee, US: DOH-been-YEE, doh-BEEN-yee, French: [ʃaʁl fʁɑ̃swa dobiɲi]; 15 February 1817 – 19 February 1878) was a French painter, one of the members of the Barbizon school, and is considered an important precursor of impressionism. He was also a prolific printmaker, mostly in etching, and one of the main artists who used the cliché verre technique. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles-François Daubigny is the 210th most popular painter (up from 228th in 2019), the 701st most popular biography from France (up from 759th in 2019) and the 56th most popular French Painter.

Charles-François Daubigny is most famous for his paintings of the French countryside.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Charles-François Daubigny ranks 210 out of 2,023. Before him are Eugène Boudin, Thomas Gainsborough, Hendrik Goltzius, Sonia Delaunay, Francis Picabia, and Rosso Fiorentino. After him are Francesco Guardi, Joaquín Sorolla, Georgia O'Keeffe, Dieric Bouts, Luca Giordano, and Carl Bloch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Charles-François Daubigny ranks 9. Before him are Henry David Thoreau, Ivan Aivazovsky, William III of the Netherlands, Syed Ahmad Khan, Louise of Hesse-Kassel, and Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. After him are Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Carl Nägeli, Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, Niels Gade, Joseph Dalton Hooker, and Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy. Among people deceased in 1878, Charles-François Daubigny ranks 8. Before him are Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Archduke Franz Karl of Austria, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Claude Bernard, Joseph Henry, and Julius von Mayer. After him are Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, Elias Magnus Fries, George V of Hanover, Ernst Heinrich Weber, Angelo Secchi, and Władysław Tarnowski.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles-François Daubigny ranks 701 out of 6,770. Before him are Yolande de Polastron (1749), Francis Picabia (1879), Jérôme Lalande (1732), Henry II, Count of Champagne (1166), Maurice Gamelin (1872), and Gérard de Nerval (1808). After him are Suzanne Lenglen (1899), Pierre Augereau (1757), Georges Perec (1936), Clotilde (475), Elisa Bonaparte (1777), and Antoine François Prévost (1697).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Charles-François Daubigny ranks 56. Before him are Niki de Saint Phalle (1930), Suzanne Valadon (1865), Aristide Maillol (1861), Maurice Utrillo (1883), Eugène Boudin (1824), and Francis Picabia (1879). After him are Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659), Jan Gossaert (1478), Raoul Dufy (1877), Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824), Simon Vouet (1590), and Alexandre Cabanel (1823).

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