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John Trumbull

1756 - 1843

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John Trumbull (June 6, 1756 – November 10, 1843) was an American painter and military officer best known for his historical paintings of the American Revolutionary War, of which he was a veteran. He has been called the "Painter of the Revolution". Trumbull's Declaration of Independence (1817), one of his four paintings that hang in the United States Capitol rotunda, is used on the reverse of the current United States two-dollar bill. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Trumbull is the 1,427th most popular painter (down from 1,376th in 2019), the 5,501st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,621st in 2019) and the 59th most popular American Painter.

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Among painters, John Trumbull ranks 1,427 out of 2,023. Before him are Hans Hofmann, Charles de La Fosse, Julio Romero de Torres, Pavel Chistyakov, Sofia Adlersparre, and Giacomo Ceruti. After him are Jasper Francis Cropsey, Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury, Juan Fernández Navarrete, Jacoba van Heemskerck, Theodoor Rombouts, and Amasis Painter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1756, John Trumbull ranks 30. Before him are Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve, Karl Philipp Moritz, Heinrich von Bellegarde, Vincent-Marie Viénot, Count of Vaublanc, Jean-Antoine Chaptal, and Christian Frederik Hansen. After him are Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros, Francesca Lebrun, Henry Raeburn, Jan Śniadecki, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Henry Lee III. Among people deceased in 1843, John Trumbull ranks 23. Before him are Alexis Bouvard, Casimir Delavigne, Miguel Ricardo de Álava, Jakob Friedrich Fries, Ippolito Rosellini, and Francis Scott Key. After him are Julius Vincenz von Krombholz, John Biscoe, Hirata Atsutane, Sylvestre François Lacroix, Friedrich von Adelung, and Johann Natterer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Trumbull ranks 5,501 out of 20,380. Before him are Marianne Moore (1887), Johnny Hayes (1886), Robert Cummings (1910), George Duke (1946), Christopher Atkins (1961), and Jerry Hall (1956). After him are Jack Sharkey (1902), Buddy Bolden (1877), William Hickey (1927), Lee Haney (1959), Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823), and Doug Clifford (1945).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, John Trumbull ranks 59. Before him are Lilla Cabot Perry (1848), Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (1856), Joseph Cornell (1903), Robert Motherwell (1915), George Bellows (1882), and George Catlin (1796). After him are Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823), Sam Francis (1923), Charles Demuth (1883), Robert Ryman (1930), Kenneth Noland (1924), and George Segal (1924).

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