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Eilif Peterssen

1852 - 1928

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Hjalmar Eilif Emanuel Peterssen (4 September 1852 – 29 December 1928) was a Norwegian painter. He is most commonly associated with his landscapes and portraits. He gained early recognition for the history painting Christian II signing the Death Warrant of Torben Oxe and established himself as one of Norway's foremost portrait painters, with portraits of, among others, Henrik Ibsen and Edvard Grieg. He also became known for his landscape paintings, and became part of the artist circle known as the Skagen Painters. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eilif Peterssen is the 1,469th most popular painter (up from 1,728th in 2019). (up from 3,830th in 2019)

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Among painters, Eilif Peterssen ranks 1,469 out of 2,023. Before him are Jan Baptist Weenix, George Segal, Carl Gustaf Pilo, Ludwig Emil Grimm, Meijer de Haan, and Erik Werenskiold. After him are Cornelis Pietersz Bega, Sigrid Hjertén, Antonin Mercié, Joos van Craesbeeck, Daniel Gran, and Richard Anuszkiewicz.

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Among people born in 1852, Eilif Peterssen ranks 82. Before him are Dục Đức, William Stewart Halsted, Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe, Otto Binswanger, Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg, and Meijer de Haan. After him are Vasily Safonov, Max Carl Wilhelm Weber, William Burnside, Kristján Jónsson, Edwin Austin Abbey, and Leonardo Torres y Quevedo. Among people deceased in 1928, Eilif Peterssen ranks 77. Before him are Arthur Moritz Schoenflies, Moritz von Auffenberg, Ludwig von Pastor, Karin Bergöö Larsson, Ellen Terry, and Luigi Bianchi. After him are Richard F. Outcault, Theodor Curtius, Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line, Frederick Arthur Bridgman, John de Robeck, and Gunnar Knudsen.

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