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Kate Greenaway

1846 - 1901

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Catherine Greenaway (17 March 1846 – 6 November 1901) was an English Victorian artist and writer, known for her children's book illustrations. She received her education in graphic design and art between 1858 and 1871 from the Finsbury School of Art, the South Kensington School of Art, the Heatherley School of Art, and the Slade School of Fine Art. She began her career designing for the burgeoning greetings card market, producing Christmas and Valentine's cards. In 1879 wood-block engraver and printer Edmund Evans printed Under the Window, an instant best-seller, which established her reputation. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kate Greenaway is the 1,540th most popular painter (up from 1,720th in 2019), the 3,225th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,404th in 2019) and the 64th most popular British Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Kate Greenaway ranks 1,540 out of 2,023. Before her are Jacques d'Arthois, Michał Elwiro Andriolli, Tomás Maldonado, Henri Harpignies, Władysław Ślewiński, and Miklós Barabás. After her are Gerhard Munthe, Isidor Kaufmann, Richard Dadd, Óscar Domínguez, Broncia Koller-Pinell, and Zhang Xuan.

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Among people born in 1846, Kate Greenaway ranks 87. Before her are Hayranidil Kadın, Friedrich Paulsen, Albert Chmielowski, Ottomar Anschütz, Max von Hausen, and Giulio Bizzozero. After her are Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Daniel Burnham, Whitcomb L. Judson, Luc-Olivier Merson, Paul Déroulède, and Karol Olszewski. Among people deceased in 1901, Kate Greenaway ranks 68. Before her are Herman Grimm, Václav Brožík, Émile Fisseux, Víctor Balaguer i Cirera, Mahadev Govind Ranade, and Giulio Bizzozero. After her are Henry Augustus Rowland, Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper, Carlo Alfredo Piatti, Mariano Ignacio Prado, Julius Zeyer, and Domenico Morelli.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kate Greenaway ranks 3,226 out of 8,785. Before her are Peter Gethin (1940), Pippa Middleton (1983), Ken Aston (1915), Chris Wolstenholme (1978), Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (1436), and Walter Rutherford (1857). After her are Thomas Telford (1757), David Watson (1946), James Somerville (1882), Richard Dadd (1817), John Pond (1767), and Justin Welby (1956).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Kate Greenaway ranks 64. Before her are Mary Beale (1633), Barbara Bodichon (1827), Henry Raeburn (1756), Thomas Girtin (1775), E. H. Shepard (1879), and Austin Osman Spare (1886). After her are Richard Dadd (1817), Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (1852), Allan Ramsay (1713), David Allan (1744), Thomas Bewick (1753), and Duncan Grant (1885).

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