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Félix Vallotton

1865 - 1925

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Félix Édouard Vallotton (French: [feliks edwaʁ valɔtɔ̃]; December 28, 1865 – December 29, 1925) was a Swiss and French painter and printmaker associated with the group of artists known as Les Nabis. He was an important figure in the development of the modern woodcut. He painted portraits, landscapes, nudes, still lifes, and other subjects in an unemotional, realistic style. His earliest paintings were influenced by Holbein and Ingres. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Félix Vallotton is the 288th most popular painter (down from 283rd in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 81st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swiss Painter.

Félix Vallotton is most famous for his paintings of women in the late 1800s.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Félix Vallotton ranks 288 out of 2,023. Before him are Bettina Heinen-Ayech, Pietro Lorenzetti, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Salvator Rosa, Antoni Tàpies, and Francesco Primaticcio. After him are Natalia Goncharova, Philippe de Champaigne, Georges Rouault, John William Waterhouse, Martin Schongauer, and Masolino da Panicale.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Félix Vallotton ranks 23. Before him are Paul Dukas, Philipp Scheidemann, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Jacques Hadamard, and John Mott. After him are Andranik, Benjamin Guggenheim, Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Alfred Hugenberg, and Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1925, Félix Vallotton ranks 24. Before him are Camille Flammarion, Felix Klein, Léon Bourgeois, Alexander Friedmann, Hjalmar Branting, and Vajiravudh. After him are George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Aleksey Kuropatkin, Wong Fei-hung, Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, Oliver Heaviside, and H. Rider Haggard.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Félix Vallotton ranks 79 out of 1,015. Before him are Alejo Carpentier (1904), Domenico Fontana (1543), Clay Regazzoni (1939), Horace Bénédict de Saussure (1740), Heinrich Wölfflin (1864), and Peter Zumthor (1943). After him are Roger Federer (1981), Niklaus Wirth (1934), Mario Botta (1943), H. R. Giger (1940), Carl Nägeli (1817), and Margareta of Romania (1949).

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Among PAINTERS In Switzerland

Among painters born in Switzerland, Félix Vallotton ranks 7. Before him are Paul Klee (1879), Arnold Böcklin (1827), Angelica Kauffman (1741), Henry Fuseli (1741), Johannes Itten (1888), and Ferdinand Hodler (1853). After him are H. R. Giger (1940), Charles Gleyre (1806), Albert Anker (1831), Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889), Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702), and Matthäus Merian (1593).

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