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Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ

1842 - 1923

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Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ (10 June 1842 in Paris – 19 February 1923 in Paris) was an Orientalist French painter and sculptor. He was strongly influenced by the works and teachings of Charles Gleyre and Jean-Léon Gérôme. Lecomte du Nouÿ found inspiration for his art through extensive travels to Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Romania and Italy. The thematic content of Lecomte du Nouÿ's work was mainly figural, but also spanned over a vast range of imagery throughout his career, including classical, historical and religious. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ is the 1,190th most popular painter (up from 1,218th in 2019), the 3,259th most popular biography from France (up from 3,304th in 2019) and the 197th most popular French Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ ranks 1,190 out of 2,023. Before him are Ambrosius Holbein, Antiphilus, Jan Rustem, Douris, Robert Peake the Elder, and Paja Jovanović. After him are Eugen Dücker, Alberto Burri, Mario Minniti, Wang Meng, Vilmos Aba-Novák, and Orest Kiprensky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ ranks 60. Before him are Arthur Sullivan, José-Maria de Heredia, Erik Gustaf Boström, Emil Christian Hansen, Eloy Alfaro, and Carl Millöcker. After him are Alessandro Fortis, Stojan Novaković, François Hennebique, Wilhelm Jordan, Ellen Swallow Richards, and Antero de Quental. Among people deceased in 1923, Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ ranks 63. Before him are Fritz Mauthner, Damat Ferid Pasha, Ernst Otto Beckmann, Alfred Edwards, Sayed Darwish, and Joe Roberts. After him are Mohammad Yaqub Khan, Armen Garo, George Clement Perkins, Stojan Protić, Ernst Ziller, and Walther Kadow.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ ranks 3,259 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre-Paul Riquet (1609), Gérard Darmon (1948), Arnaud Denjoy (1884), Sabine Azéma (1949), J. F. Oberlin (1740), and Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans (1607). After him are Yvonne Furneaux (1926), Jean-Sifrein Maury (1746), Georges Leygues (1857), Pierre Baillot (1771), Paul de Senneville (1933), and Sébastien Vaillant (1669).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ ranks 197. Before him are Antoine Caron (1521), Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry (1828), Simon Marmion (1425), Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (1724), Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861), and Antoine Coypel (1661). After him are Marie-Denise Villers (1774), Edward Poynter (1836), Eugène Isabey (1803), Virginie Demont-Breton (1859), Lucien Simon (1861), and Georges Mathieu (1921).

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