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Eastman Johnson

1824 - 1906

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Jonathan Eastman Johnson (July 29, 1824 – April 5, 1906) was an American painter and co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, with his name inscribed at its entrance. He was best known for his genre paintings, paintings of scenes from everyday life, and his portraits both of everyday people and prominent Americans such as Abraham Lincoln, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. His later works often show the influence of the 17th-century Dutch masters, whom he studied in The Hague in the 1850s; he was known as The American Rembrandt in his day. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eastman Johnson is the 1,997th most popular painter, the 13,423rd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,927th in 2019) and the 151st most popular American Painter.

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Among painters, Eastman Johnson ranks 1,997 out of 2,023. Before him are Worthington Whittredge, Robert S. Duncanson, Elizabeth Catlett, Frederick McCubbin, Valentin Yudashkin, and Marc Quinn. After him are Milo Moiré, Jacob Lawrence, Fathi Hassan, Pacita Abad, Stanley Spencer, and Kari Byron.

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Among people born in 1824, Eastman Johnson ranks 81. Before him are Victoire Léodile Béra, Charles Blondin, Franz Sigel, Edmund Kirby Smith, Calvert Vaux, and Samuel Plimsoll. After him is William Allingham. Among people deceased in 1906, Eastman Johnson ranks 81. Before him are George Holyoake, Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Oscar Levertin, John Schofield, Richard Seddon, and Paul Laurence Dunbar. After him are Varina Davis, and Michael Davitt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eastman Johnson ranks 13,427 out of 20,380. Before him are Maribel Vinson (1911), Jan Davis (1953), Mark Dayton (1947), Ivan Ilić (1978), Bernard Williams (1978), and Lea DeLaria (1958). After him are Gina Philips (1970), Matt Anderson (1987), Charles R. Drew (1904), James Weldon Johnson (1871), Sherri Howard (1962), and Ned Rorem (1923).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Eastman Johnson ranks 151. Before him are Gertrude Abercrombie (1909), Wayne Thiebaud (1920), Edwin Lord Weeks (1849), Worthington Whittredge (1820), Robert S. Duncanson (1821), and Elizabeth Catlett (1915). After him are Jacob Lawrence (1917), Kari Byron (1974), Thomas Kinkade (1958), Lauren Faust (1974), Kara Walker (1969), and Laurel Holloman (1971).

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