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Gyula Benczúr

1844 - 1920

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Gyula Benczúr (28 January 1844, Nyíregyháza – 16 July 1920, Szécsény) was a Hungarian painter and art teacher. An "outstanding exponent of academicism", he specialized in portraits and historical scenes. He is "considered one of the greatest Hungarian masters of historicism". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gyula Benczúr is the 943rd most popular painter (up from 1,242nd in 2019), the 289th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 346th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Hungarian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Gyula Benczúr ranks 943 out of 2,023. Before him are Henri Le Sidaner, Paul Émile Chabas, Wilhelm Leibl, Pan Yuliang, Gerhard von Kügelgen, and Bertha Wegmann. After him are Anne Vallayer-Coster, Master Francke, Oda Krohg, Georg Flegel, Jacques-Laurent Agasse, and Herri met de Bles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Gyula Benczúr ranks 52. Before him are Anna Lea Merritt, Jenny Longuet, Joshua Slocum, Lujo Brentano, Wilhelm Leibl, and Édouard Branly. After him are Princess Françoise of Orléans, Carl Hagenbeck, Catherine Breshkovsky, Ivan Yarkovsky, Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Béhanzin. Among people deceased in 1920, Gyula Benczúr ranks 50. Before him are Germanus V of Constantinople, Jacob Schiff, Matthías Jochumsson, Joseph Trumpeldor, Paul Adam, and Nikolai Korotkov. After him are Hermann von Struve, Hector Hodler, Moritz Cantor, Afonso, Duke of Porto, Richard Dehmel, and Arthur Johnson.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Gyula Benczúr ranks 289 out of 1,077. Before him are Carl Flesch (1873), Ferenc Krausz (1962), Andre DeToth (1913), Miloš Crnjanski (1893), Antal Doráti (1906), and Maximilian de Angelis (1889). After him are Philip de László (1869), Rezső Seress (1889), Katalin Novák (1977), Frigyes Riesz (1880), Nándor Dáni (1871), and Béni Kállay (1839).

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Among PAINTERS In Hungary

Among painters born in Hungary, Gyula Benczúr ranks 5. Before him are István Sándorfi (1948), Mihály Munkácsy (1844), Mihály Zichy (1827), and Amrita Sher-Gil (1913). After him are Philip de László (1869), László Mednyánszky (1852), Vilmos Aba-Novák (1894), József Rippl-Rónai (1861), Igor Grabar (1871), Lajos Tihanyi (1885), and Katarina Ivanović (1811).

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