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Erik Werenskiold

1855 - 1938

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Erik Theodor Werenskiold (11 February 1855 – 23 November 1938) was a Norwegian painter and illustrator. He is especially known for his drawings for the Asbjørnsen and Moe collection of Norske Folkeeventyr, and his illustrations for the Norwegian edition of the Snorri Sturlason Heimskringla. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erik Werenskiold is the 1,468th most popular painter (down from 1,210th in 2019), the 255th most popular biography from Norway (down from 195th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Norwegian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Erik Werenskiold ranks 1,468 out of 2,023. Before him are Maruyama Ōkyo, Jan Baptist Weenix, George Segal, Carl Gustaf Pilo, Ludwig Emil Grimm, and Meijer de Haan. After him are Eilif Peterssen, Cornelis Pietersz Bega, Sigrid Hjertén, Antonin Mercié, Joos van Craesbeeck, and Daniel Gran.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Erik Werenskiold ranks 70. Before him are Léon Teisserenc de Bort, Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi, Tommaso Tittoni, Amandus Adamson, Arnold Mendelssohn, and José Malhoa. After him are Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin, Innokenty Annensky, Leo Deutsch, Otto Lehmann, Olive Schreiner, and Caroline Rémy de Guebhard. Among people deceased in 1938, Erik Werenskiold ranks 147. Before him are Władysław Grabski, Mirza Davud Huseynov, Abdurauf Fitrat, Yevgeny Polivanov, Víctor Morales, and Saken Seifullin. After him are Lev Schnirelmann, Akmal Ikramov, Osip Piatnitsky, Jane Toppan, Ahn Changho, and Édouard-Alfred Martel.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Erik Werenskiold ranks 255 out of 1,039. Before him are Sonja Wigert (1913), Kjartan Fløgstad (1944), Haakon the Young (1232), Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir (1015), Wenche Myhre (1947), and Hallgeir Brenden (1929). After him are Aurora (1996), Johan Herman Wessel (1742), Laila Schou Nilsen (1919), Martinus Rørbye (1803), Knut Nystedt (1915), and Grete Waitz (1953).

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Among PAINTERS In Norway

Among painters born in Norway, Erik Werenskiold ranks 12. Before him are Harriet Backer (1845), Kitty Lange Kielland (1843), Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831), Hans Gude (1825), Frits Thaulow (1847), and Oda Krohg (1860). After him are Martinus Rørbye (1803), Gerhard Munthe (1849), Adolph Tidemand (1814), Otto Sinding (1842), Peder Balke (1804), and Morten Müller (1828).

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