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José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior

1850 - 1899

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José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior (8 May 1850 – 13 November 1899), commonly known as Almeida Júnior, was a Brazilian artist and designer; one of the first there to paint in the Realistic tradition of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet. The "Dia do Artista Plástico" (Day of Fine Artists in Brazil) is celebrated on his birthday. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior is the 1,033rd most popular painter (up from 1,192nd in 2019), the 245th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 282nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Brazilian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior ranks 1,033 out of 2,023Before him are Stradanus, Francesc Ribalta, Allan Kaprow, Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, Xu Wei, and Constance Mayer. After him are David Teniers the Elder, Élisabeth Sophie Chéron, Roger Fry, Carlo Saraceni, Jaume Huguet, and Thomas de Keyser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior ranks 50Before him are Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Wilhelm Roux, David Schwarz, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Alexander von Linsingen, and Xaver Scharwenka. After him are Edward Bellamy, Charles Doolittle Walcott, Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia, Jean-François Raffaëlli, Cut Nyak Dhien, and Alphonse Pénaud. Among people deceased in 1899, José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior ranks 33Before him are Garret Hobart, Heinrich Kiepert, Teodolfo Mertel, Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, Mary Elizabeth Barber, and Mór Than. After him are Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, George Averoff, Lucien Quélet, Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann, Princess Marie of Baden, and Carl Millöcker.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior ranks 245 out of 2,236Before him are Juliano Belletti (1976), Lima (1942), Edmílson (1976), Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus (1965), Emerson (1976), and Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli (1910). After him are Orani João Tempesta (1949), Waldo Machado (1934), Adhemar da Silva (1927), Gustavo Kuerten (1976), Wilson da Silva Piazza (1943), and Hermes da Fonseca (1855).

Among PAINTERS In Brazil

Among painters born in Brazil, José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior ranks 3Before him are Tarsila do Amaral (1886), and Pedro Américo (1843). After him are Candido Portinari (1903), Lygia Clark (1920), Anita Malfatti (1889), Victor Meirelles (1832), Carlos Latuff (1968), Antônio Parreiras (1860), and Georgina de Albuquerque (1885).