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Gilbert Stuart

1755 - 1828

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Gilbert Stuart (né Stewart; December 3, 1755 – July 9, 1828) was an American painter born in the Rhode Island Colony who is widely considered one of America's foremost portraitists. His best-known work is an unfinished portrait of George Washington, begun in 1796, which is usually referred to as the Athenaeum Portrait. Stuart retained the original and used it to paint scores of copies that were commissioned by patrons in America and abroad. The image of George Washington featured in the painting has appeared on the United States one-dollar bill for more than a century and on various postage stamps of the 19th century and early 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gilbert Stuart is the 960th most popular painter (up from 1,175th in 2019), the 3,674th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,828th in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Gilbert Stuart ranks 960 out of 2,023. Before him are Elin Danielson-Gambogi, Prospero Fontana, Richard Gerstl, Bruce Nauman, Luca Cambiaso, and Félix Ziem. After him are Gaspard Dughet, Milena Pavlović-Barili, Hasegawa Tōhaku, Zhang Zeduan, Ignacio Zuloaga, and Evel Knievel.

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Among people born in 1755, Gilbert Stuart ranks 28. Before him are Quatremère de Quincy, Anacharsis Cloots, Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt, Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain, and John Flaxman. After him are John Marshall, Robert Kerr, Fausto Elhuyar, Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, and Jean-Nicolas Corvisart. Among people deceased in 1828, Gilbert Stuart ranks 22. Before him are Radama I, Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Sineperver Sultan, Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Richard Parkes Bonington, and Samuel Frederick Gray. After him are Charlotte Buff, Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles, Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Lady Caroline Lamb, François Isaac de Rivaz, and Jacques Lauriston.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gilbert Stuart ranks 3,674 out of 20,380. Before him are Bruce Nauman (1941), Louise Arner Boyd (1887), Emmylou Harris (1947), Frank Welker (1946), Bill Walker (1951), and Lars Peter Hansen (1952). After him are Albert Ghiorso (1915), Amelia Bloomer (1818), Edith Head (1897), Neil Simon (1927), Kevin A. Lynch (1918), and George Segal (1934).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Gilbert Stuart ranks 38. Before him are Donald Judd (1928), Grandma Moses (1860), Lee Krasner (1908), James Turrell (1943), Beatrice Wood (1893), and Bruce Nauman (1941). After him are Evel Knievel (1938), Winslow Homer (1836), James Rosenquist (1933), Richard Estes (1932), Cy Twombly (1928), and Gutzon Borglum (1867).

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