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Marguerite Gérard

1761 - 1837

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Marguerite Gérard (28 January 1761 in Grasse – 18 May 1837 in Paris) was a French painter and printmaker working in the Rococo style. She was the daughter of Marie Gilette and perfumer Claude Gérard. At eight years old, she became the sister-in-law of Jean-Honoré Fragonard, and when she was 14, she went to live with him. She was also the aunt of the artist Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marguerite Gérard is the 688th most popular painter (up from 841st in 2019), the 2,033rd most popular biography from France (up from 2,450th in 2019) and the 131st most popular French Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Marguerite Gérard ranks 688 out of 2,023. Before her are Altichiero, Francisco Herrera the Elder, Ramon Casas, Marietta Robusti, Otto van Veen, and John Russell. After her are Wifredo Lam, François Lemoyne, Antonio Vivarini, Marie-Guillemine Benoist, Mihály Munkácsy, and Jean Béraud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1761, Marguerite Gérard ranks 18. Before her are Smithson Tennant, José, Prince of Brazil, Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Sineperver Sultan, Louis-Léopold Boilly, and Antoine Barnave. After her are Marie Harel, Jean-Louis Pons, John Moore, August Batsch, Marie-Gabrielle Capet, and Blasius Merrem. Among people deceased in 1837, Marguerite Gérard ranks 23. Before her are Jean-François Le Sueur, Philippe Buonarroti, Duke Pius August in Bavaria, Ludwig Börne, 10th Dalai Lama, and Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria. After her are François-Xavier Fabre, John Latham, Mariano José de Larra, Princess Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, William George Horner, and Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marguerite Gérard ranks 2,033 out of 6,770. Before her are Emmanuel Petit (1970), Mahaut, Countess of Artois (1269), François de la Chaise (1624), Charles de Freycinet (1828), Pierre Messmer (1916), and Adalberon (947). After her are Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt (1773), François Faber (1887), François Lemoyne (1688), Dominique Venner (1935), Henri Gouraud (1867), and Marie-Guillemine Benoist (1768).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Marguerite Gérard ranks 131. Before her are Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823), Pierre Soulages (1919), Achille Devéria (1800), Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767), Valentin de Boulogne (1591), and Carolus-Duran (1837). After her are François Lemoyne (1688), Marie-Guillemine Benoist (1768), Victorine Meurent (1844), François-André Vincent (1746), Adolphe Monticelli (1824), and Joseph-Marie Vien (1716).

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