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John Flaxman

1755 - 1826

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John Flaxman (6 July 1755 – 7 December 1826) was a British sculptor and draughtsman, and a leading figure in British and European Neoclassicism. Early in his career, he worked as a modeller for Josiah Wedgwood's pottery. He spent several years in Rome, where he produced his first book illustrations. He was a prolific maker of funerary monuments. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Flaxman is the 112th most popular sculptor (down from 111th in 2019), the 2,105th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,758th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, John Flaxman ranks 112 out of 258. Before him are Christian Daniel Rauch, Benedetto da Maiano, Augustin Pajou, Carl Milles, Georg Rafael Donner, and Medardo Rosso. After him are Yevgeny Vuchetich, Silanion, Kresilas, Apollonius of Tralles, Emmanuel Frémiet, and Daniel Buren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1755, John Flaxman ranks 27. Before him are Natalia Alexeievna, Quatremère de Quincy, Anacharsis Cloots, Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain. After him are Gilbert Stuart, John Marshall, Robert Kerr, Fausto Elhuyar, Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, and Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian. Among people deceased in 1826, John Flaxman ranks 31. Before him are Shaykh Ahmad, Conrad Malte-Brun, François-Joseph Talma, Johann Peter Hebel, Christian Kramp, and Friedrich Krupp. After him are Claire Lacombe, Anton Walter, Jean Lafitte, Kondraty Ryleyev, Georg Franz Hoffmann, and Pavel Pestel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Flaxman ranks 2,105 out of 8,785. Before him are Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924), Reginald Doherty (1872), Matthew Festing (1949), Jason Isaacs (1963), Anne Lister (1791), and Eric Campbell (1880). After him are Sigfrid of Sweden (1000), Joseph Paxton (1803), Stephen Baxter (1957), Ian Hill (1952), Dido (1971), and Laurence Doherty (1875).

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Among SCULPTORS In United Kingdom

Among sculptors born in United Kingdom, John Flaxman ranks 2. Before him are Henry Moore (1898). After him are Richard Long (1945), Tony Cragg (1949), Eduardo Paolozzi (1924), Anthony Caro (1924), W. J. Coffee (1774), Andy Goldsworthy (1956), Barry Flanagan (1941), Antony Gormley (1950), Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1781), and Anne Seymour Damer (1748).

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