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John Singleton Copley

1738 - 1815

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John Singleton Copley (July 3, 1738 – September 9, 1815) was an Anglo-American painter, active in both colonial America and England. He was believed to be born in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, to Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Anglo-Irish. After becoming well-established as a portrait painter of the wealthy in colonial New England, he moved to London in 1774, never returning to America. In London, he met considerable success as a portraitist for the next two decades, and also painted a number of large history paintings, which were innovative in their readiness to depict modern subjects and modern dress. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Singleton Copley is the 1,225th most popular painter (up from 1,413th in 2019), the 4,659th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,725th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular American Painter.

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Among painters, John Singleton Copley ranks 1,225 out of 2,023. Before him are Ivan Grohar, Fritz von Uhde, Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Jeanna Bauck, Joaquín Sabina, and Franz Defregger. After him are Adriaen Isenbrandt, Eugène Boch, Nicolas-Jacques Conté, Georg Pencz, Azim Azimzade, and Lucien Simon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1738, John Singleton Copley ranks 20. Before him are Aleijadinho, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Thomas Nelson Jr., Jacques François Dugommier, Benjamin West, and Richard Montgomery. After him are Jacques Delille, Jacques-André Naigeon, Leopold Hofmann, Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau, Matvey Kazakov, and Betje Wolff. Among people deceased in 1815, John Singleton Copley ranks 25. Before him are Ahmad al-Tijani, James Gillray, Matthias Claudius, Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, Torii Kiyonaga, and Solomon II of Imereti. After him are Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, Carl Johan Adlercreutz, Francesco Bartolozzi, William Roxburgh, Johann Peter Salomon, and William Nicholson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Singleton Copley ranks 4,659 out of 20,380. Before him are Joe Spinell (1936), Eliza McCardle Johnson (1810), Big Mama Thornton (1926), John Paine (1870), George Clement Perkins (1839), and The Big Bopper (1930). After him are William J. Seymour (1870), Ida Saxton McKinley (1847), Ronnie Spector (1943), Ronald Graham (1935), Alan Dershowitz (1938), and Brad Delson (1977).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, John Singleton Copley ranks 52. Before him are Benjamin West (1738), Frederic Edwin Church (1826), Carl Andre (1935), Franz Kline (1910), N. C. Wyeth (1882), and Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844). After him are Lilla Cabot Perry (1848), Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (1856), Joseph Cornell (1903), Robert Motherwell (1915), George Bellows (1882), and George Catlin (1796).

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