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John Bauer

1882 - 1918

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John Albert Bauer (4 June 1882 – 20 November 1918) was a Swedish painter and illustrator. His work is concerned with landscape and mythology, but he also composed portraits. He is best known for his illustrations of early editions of Bland tomtar och troll (Among Gnomes and Trolls), an anthology of Swedish folklore and fairy tales. Bauer was born and raised in Jönköping. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Bauer is the 430th most popular painter (down from 406th in 2019), the 177th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 163rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swedish Painter.

John Bauer is most famous for his paintings of animals, people, and landscapes. He was born in 1882 in Dresden, Germany. He moved to the United States in 1904.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, John Bauer ranks 430 out of 2,023. Before him are Eva Gonzalès, Sidney Nolan, Pieter Lastman, André Masson, Carlo Levi, and Yves Tanguy. After him are Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Godfrey Kneller, Gino Severini, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, James Tissot, and Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten.

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Among people born in 1882, John Bauer ranks 68. Before him are Pavel Florensky, B. Traven, Petre Dumitrescu, Friedrich Dollmann, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, and Fan Noli. After him are Dušan Simović, Feng Yuxiang, John Rabe, Johnny Torrio, Franz Seldte, and Leo Perutz. Among people deceased in 1918, John Bauer ranks 53. Before him are Ivan Cankar, Koloman Moser, César Ritz, Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia, Anna Dostoevskaya, and Emil Jellinek. After him are Daniel Burley Woolfall, Victor Adler, Vasily Radlov, Mikhail Alekseyev, Princess Anna of Prussia, and Stepan Shaumian.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, John Bauer ranks 177 out of 1,879. Before him are Eric XI of Sweden (1216), Tage Erlander (1901), Sten Sture the Elder (1440), Roy Andersson (1943), Carl Linnaeus the Younger (1741), and Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865). After him are Emund the Old (1030), Georg Brandt (1694), Thomas Bartholin (1616), Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden (1001), Carl Bildt (1949), and Britt Ekland (1942).

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Among PAINTERS In Sweden

Among painters born in Sweden, John Bauer ranks 4. Before him are Hilma af Klint (1862), Carl Larsson (1853), and Alexander Roslin (1718). After him are Odd Nerdrum (1944), Amalia Lindegren (1814), Bruno Liljefors (1860), Eugène Jansson (1862), Martin van Meytens (1695), Jenny Nyström (1854), Anna Palm de Rosa (1859), and Richard Bergh (1858).

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