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Gustave Le Gray

1820 - 1884

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Jean-Baptiste Gustave Le Gray (French: [ʒɑ̃ batist ɡystav lə gʁɛ]; 30 August 1820 – 30 July 1884) was a French painter, draughtsman, sculptor, print-maker, and photographer. He has been called "the most important French photographer of the nineteenth century" because of his technical innovations, his instruction of other noted photographers, and "the extraordinary imagination he brought to picture making." He was an important contributor to the development of the wax paper negative. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gustave Le Gray is the 1,260th most popular painter (down from 1,160th in 2019), the 3,421st most popular biography from France (down from 3,149th in 2019) and the 208th most popular French Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Gustave Le Gray ranks 1,260 out of 2,023. Before him are Matthias Stom, Louise Moillon, François-Hubert Drouais, Gustaf Cederström, Richard Wilson, and Lilla Cabot Perry. After him are Theodor Aman, Lygia Clark, Jan Frans van Bloemen, François Marius Granet, Grigoriy Myasoyedov, and Euphranor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, Gustave Le Gray ranks 44. Before him are Arvid Posse, Georg Curtius, Maria Severa Onofriana, Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Thuwaini bin Said, and Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois. After him are Ghevont Alishan, Cornelius Gurlitt, Pōmare III, Josef Mánes, Mkrtich Khrimian, and Fanny Crosby. Among people deceased in 1884, Gustave Le Gray ranks 36. Before him are Jan Arnošt Smoler, Hans Rott, Bernardo Guimarães, Gotthilf Hagen, Eduard Totleben, and Ludwig Richter. After him are Keshub Chandra Sen, Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, Antonio García Gutiérrez, Aníbal Pinto, Auguste Franchomme, and Johann Gottfried Piefke.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gustave Le Gray ranks 3,421 out of 6,770. Before him are François-Hubert Drouais (1727), Albert Batteux (1919), Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse (1822), Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (1282), Léon Jean Marie Dufour (1780), and Jacques Labillardière (1755). After him are Antoine Furetière (1619), Roland Dumas (1922), Marie Jules César Savigny (1777), Louis Pergaud (1882), Stéphane Peterhansel (1965), and François Marius Granet (1775).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Gustave Le Gray ranks 208. Before him are Lucien Simon (1861), Georges Mathieu (1921), Paul Ranson (1861), Zacharie Astruc (1833), Louise Moillon (1610), and François-Hubert Drouais (1727). After him are François Marius Granet (1775), Julie Manet (1878), Orlan (1947), Charles Laval (1862), Joseph Duplessis (1725), and Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin (1860).

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