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Gerhard von Kügelgen

1772 - 1820

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Franz Gerhard von Kügelgen (6 February 1772 – 27 March 1820) was a German painter, noted for his portraits and history paintings. He was a professor at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts and a member of both the Prussian and Russian Imperial Academies of Arts. His twin brother, Karl von Kügelgen, was also a painter of note. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerhard von Kügelgen is the 941st most popular painter (up from 1,158th in 2019), the 2,693rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,118th in 2019) and the 89th most popular German Painter.

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Among painters, Gerhard von Kügelgen ranks 941 out of 2,023. Before him are Amélie Lundahl, Isaac Israëls, Henri Le Sidaner, Paul Émile Chabas, Wilhelm Leibl, and Pan Yuliang. After him are Bertha Wegmann, Gyula Benczúr, Anne Vallayer-Coster, Master Francke, Oda Krohg, and Georg Flegel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1772, Gerhard von Kügelgen ranks 29. Before him are Archduke Alexander Leopold of Austria, Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta, Mikhail Speransky, Géraud Duroc, Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, and Caesar Augustus Rodney. After him are Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Miguel Ricardo de Álava, Luke Howard, Solomon II of Imereti, Friedrich Gilly, and Manuel José Quintana. Among people deceased in 1820, Gerhard von Kügelgen ranks 27. Before him are Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney, Augustin Barruel, Alexander Mackenzie, Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark, Arthur Young, and Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia. After him are Benjamin West, Nguyễn Du, Antonín Vranický, Karl Ludwig Sand, Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, and Ivan Gudovich.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gerhard von Kügelgen ranks 2,694 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelm Leibl (1844), Henny Porten (1890), Georg Joseph Vogler (1749), Adolph VIII, Count of Holstein (1401), Marie Eleonore of Cleves (1550), and Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1685). After him are Adolf Bertram (1859), Konrad Peutinger (1465), Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1522), Curt Sachs (1881), Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (1890), and Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal (1852).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Gerhard von Kügelgen ranks 89. Before him are Louise Catherine Breslau (1856), Abraham Mignon (1640), Adolf Ziegler (1892), Johann Liss (1597), Peter Lely (1618), and Wilhelm Leibl (1844). After him are Master Francke (1380), Max Slevogt (1868), Jörg Immendorff (1945), Hans von Marées (1837), Emanuel Leutze (1816), and Christoph Amberger (1505).

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