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Duncan Grant

1885 - 1978

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Duncan James Corrowr Grant (21 January 1885 – 8 May 1978) was a Scottish painter and designer of textiles, pottery, theatre sets, and costumes. He was a member of the Bloomsbury Group. His father was Bartle Grant, a "poverty-stricken" major in the army, and much of his early childhood was spent in India and Burma. He was a grandson of Sir John Peter Grant, 12th Laird of Rothiemurchus, KCB, GCMG, and sometime Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Duncan Grant is the 1,626th most popular painter (down from 1,619th in 2019), the 3,405th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,109th in 2019) and the 70th most popular British Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Duncan Grant ranks 1,626 out of 2,023. Before him are Thomas Bewick, Oleksandr Murashko, Frank Frazetta, Fyodor Bruni, Anita Malfatti, and Szymon Czechowicz. After him are Lajos Tihanyi, Daniel Seghers, Domenico Morelli, Aristides of Thebes, Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, and Ferdinand Keller.

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Among people born in 1885, Duncan Grant ranks 177. Before him are Edna Ferber, Anna Louise Strong, Eduard Künneke, Kazimierz Sosnkowski, István Somodi, and Fernand de Montigny. After him are Lajos Tihanyi, Herman Sörgel, Albert Betz, Giovanni Martinelli, Carl Goßler, and Per Thorén. Among people deceased in 1978, Duncan Grant ranks 168. Before him are Alfred Müller-Armack, Theodor Tolsdorff, Adolf van der Voort van Zijp, Alexander Gerschenkron, Jorge Cafrune, and Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh. After him are Jack Oakie, Gotthard Handrick, Gordon Matta-Clark, František Šterc, Ali Soilih, and Lennie Tristano.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Duncan Grant ranks 3,406 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Gage (1719), Pamela Colman Smith (1878), G. D. H. Cole (1889), Roy Jenkins (1920), Emil Voigt (1883), and Jimmie Nicol (1939). After him are Geoff Bent (1932), Alan Young (1919), Israel Regardie (1907), Ronald Pickup (1940), Constance Collier (1878), and Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Duncan Grant ranks 70. Before him are Kate Greenaway (1846), Richard Dadd (1817), Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (1852), Allan Ramsay (1713), David Allan (1744), and Thomas Bewick (1753). After him are Gwen John (1876), Edward Robert Hughes (1851), Thomas Moran (1837), Margaret Mee (1909), Graham Sutherland (1903), and Henry Salt (1780).

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