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Michael Ancher

1849 - 1927

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Michael Peter Ancher (9 June 1849 – 19 September 1927) was a Danish realist artist, widely known for his paintings of fishermen, the Skagerak and the North Sea, and other scenes from the Danish fishing community in Skagen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Ancher is the 359th most popular painter (up from 442nd in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 131st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Danish Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Michael Ancher ranks 359 out of 2,023. Before him are Philipp Otto Runge, Jeanne Hébuterne, Utamaro, Francesco Albani, Catharina van Hemessen, and David Teniers the Younger. After him are Francesco Melzi, Aleksandra Ekster, Vasily Perov, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Édouard Vuillard, and Asher Brown Durand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Michael Ancher ranks 16. Before him are Felix Klein, Alfred von Tirpitz, W. T. Stead, Sergei Witte, John William Waterhouse, and Maria Theresa of Austria-Este. After him are Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, Alexander Kielland, Nogi Maresuke, Eva Gonzalès, and John Ambrose Fleming. Among people deceased in 1927, Michael Ancher ranks 18. Before him are Andranik, Jerome K. Jerome, Georg Brandes, Kang Youwei, Paul Sérusier, and Carl David Tolmé Runge. After him are Yusef of Morocco, Armand Guillaumin, Giuseppe Moscati, Edward B. Titchener, Wilhelm Johannsen, and Enrique Simonet.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Michael Ancher ranks 118 out of 1,032. Before him are Johan Christian Fabricius (1745), Maximilian von Spee (1861), Boetius of Dacia (1240), Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1900), Otto Jespersen (1860), and Sophia Magdalena of Denmark (1746). After him are Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark (1771), Eric II of Denmark (1090), Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1573), Princess Thyra of Denmark (1853), Niels Gade (1817), and Anna Ancher (1859).

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Among PAINTERS In Denmark

Among painters born in Denmark, Michael Ancher ranks 7. Before him are Lili Elbe (1882), Nicolai Abildgaard (1743), Carl Bloch (1834), Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (1656), Gerda Wegener (1886), and Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864). After him are Anna Ancher (1859), Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783), Jens Juel (1745), Asger Jorn (1914), Paul Gustav Fischer (1860), and Marie Krøyer (1867).

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