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Karl Bodmer

1809 - 1893

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Johann Carl Bodmer (11 February 1809 – 30 October 1893) was a Swiss-French printmaker, etcher, lithographer, zinc engraver, draughtsman, painter, illustrator, and hunter. Known as Karl Bodmer in literature and paintings, his name was recorded as Johann Karl Bodmer and Jean-Charles Bodmer, respectively. After 1843, likely as a result of the birth of his son Charles-Henry Barbizon, he began to sign his works K Bodmer. Bodmer was well known in Germany for his watercolours, drawings, and aquatints of cities and landscapes of the Rhine, Mosel, and Lahn rivers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Bodmer is the 1,735th most popular painter (down from 1,696th in 2019), the 513th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 484th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Swiss Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Karl Bodmer ranks 1,735 out of 2,023. Before him are Qiu Ying, Peder Balke, Marie Spartali Stillman, Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, Alexander Brullov, and Francesco Clemente. After him are László Paál, Gottfried Honegger, Vassily Maximov, Nikolay Kasatkin, Carl Frederik von Breda, and Henry Scott Tuke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Karl Bodmer ranks 63. Before him are James David Forbes, Petrus Borel, Theodor Benfey, Aleksey Koltsov, William B. Travis, and Andon Bedros IX Hassoun. After him are Thomas Campbell Eyton, Louis Meijer, Nestor Kukolnik, Giuseppe Giusti, Svend Foyn, and Juan Antonio Pezet. Among people deceased in 1893, Karl Bodmer ranks 72. Before him are Samuel Baker, Charles of Mount Argus, James G. Blaine, Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Duleep Singh, and Richard Spruce. After him are Lucy Stone, Louis Ruchonnet, Ali bin Said of Zanzibar, Constantin von Wurzbach, Ion Emanuel Florescu, and Aleksey Pleshcheyev.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Karl Bodmer ranks 513 out of 1,015. Before him are Paul Martin (1901), Mauro Gianetti (1964), Heinz Hermann (1958), Kurt Armbruster (1934), Paul Scherrer (1890), and Martin Suter (1948). After him are Gottfried Honegger (1917), Kurt Furgler (1924), Ludwig von Moos (1910), Pier Francesco Mola (1612), Willy Jäggi (1906), and Heinrich Schmid (1921).

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Among PAINTERS In Switzerland

Among painters born in Switzerland, Karl Bodmer ranks 29. Before him are Urs Graf (1485), Aloïse Corbaz (1886), Salomon Gessner (1730), Hans Erni (1909), Cuno Amiet (1868), and Antonio Ciseri (1821). After him are Gottfried Honegger (1917), Pier Francesco Mola (1612), Pipilotti Rist (1962), Elizabeth Thompson (1846), and Milo Moiré (1986).

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