Painter

Gustave Courbet

1819 - 1877

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Gustave Courbet

His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2024). Gustave Courbet is the 41st most popular painter (down from 40th in 2024), the 95th most popular biography from France (down from 88th in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Painter.

Gustave Courbet is most famous for his realistic paintings of peasants and other working-class people.

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Among Painters

Among painters, Gustave Courbet ranks 41 out of 2,023. Before him are Marc Chagall, Jan van Eyck, Edgar Degas, Masaccio, Jacques-Louis David, and Tintoretto. After him are Alphonse Mucha, Paolo Veronese, Nicolas Poussin, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Caspar David Friedrich.

Most Popular Painters in Wikipedia

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Marc Chagall
1887 - 1985
HPI: 82.65
Rank: 35
Jan van Eyck
1395 - 1441
HPI: 82.52
Rank: 36
Edgar Degas
1834 - 1917
HPI: 82.47
Rank: 37
Masaccio
1401 - 1428
HPI: 82.16
Rank: 38
Jacques-Louis David
1748 - 1825
HPI: 82.11
Rank: 39
Tintoretto
1518 - 1594
HPI: 81.96
Rank: 40
Gustave Courbet
1819 - 1877
HPI: 81.84
Rank: 41
Alphonse Mucha
1860 - 1939
HPI: 81.66
Rank: 42
Paolo Veronese
1528 - 1588
HPI: 81.44
Rank: 43
Nicolas Poussin
1594 - 1665
HPI: 81.04
Rank: 44
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
1526 - 1593
HPI: 80.96
Rank: 45
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
1864 - 1901
HPI: 80.51
Rank: 46
Caspar David Friedrich
1774 - 1840
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 47

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Gustave Courbet ranks 4. Before him are Queen Victoria, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Jacques Offenbach. After him are Clara Schumann, Léon Foucault, Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, Báb, Hippolyte Fizeau, and Maria II of Portugal. Among people deceased in 1877, Gustave Courbet ranks 1. After him are Brigham Young, Urbain Le Verrier, Adolphe Thiers, Saigō Takamori, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Gustav, Prince of Vasa, Henry Fox Talbot, Crazy Horse, Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, Sophie of Württemberg, and Johan Ludvig Runeberg.

Others Born in 1819

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Queen Victoria
POLITICIAN
1819 - 1901
HPI: 86.29
Rank: 1
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
NOBLEMAN
1819 - 1861
HPI: 84.15
Rank: 2
Jacques Offenbach
COMPOSER
1819 - 1880
HPI: 82.37
Rank: 3
Gustave Courbet
PAINTER
1819 - 1877
HPI: 81.84
Rank: 4
Clara Schumann
MUSICIAN
1819 - 1896
HPI: 80.48
Rank: 5
Léon Foucault
PHYSICIST
1819 - 1868
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 6
Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet
MATHEMATICIAN
1819 - 1903
HPI: 77.65
Rank: 7
Walt Whitman
WRITER
1819 - 1892
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 8
Herman Melville
WRITER
1819 - 1891
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 9
Báb
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1819 - 1850
HPI: 73.80
Rank: 10
Hippolyte Fizeau
PHYSICIST
1819 - 1896
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 11
Maria II of Portugal
POLITICIAN
1819 - 1853
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 12