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Peter Nicolai Arbo

1831 - 1892

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Peter Nicolai Arbo (18 June 1831 – 14 October 1892) was a Norwegian historical painter, who specialized in portraits and allegorical scenes from Norwegian history and the Norse mythology. He is most noted for The Wild Hunt of Odin, a dramatic motif based on the Wild Hunt legend and Valkyrie, which depicts a female figure from Norse mythology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Nicolai Arbo is the 757th most popular painter (up from 836th in 2019), the 134th most popular biography from Norway (down from 121st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Norwegian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Peter Nicolai Arbo ranks 757 out of 2,023. Before him are Ercole de' Roberti, Francesco de' Rossi, Francesco Squarcione, Daniel Chodowiecki, Kitty Lange Kielland, and Alexei Savrasov. After him are Louis Anquetin, Giovanni Baglione, Philipp Veit, Hans Bellmer, Amédée Ozenfant, and Tang Yin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Peter Nicolai Arbo ranks 42. Before him are Othniel Charles Marsh, Paul Durand-Ruel, Maurice de Hirsch, George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Anna Leonowens, and Ankō Itosu. After him are Princess Helena of Nassau, Daniele Comboni, Wilhelm Raabe, Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt, Henri Meilhac, and Heinrich Anton de Bary. Among people deceased in 1892, Peter Nicolai Arbo ranks 32. Before him are Cyrus West Field, John Pope, Jules Perrot, Emin Pasha, Ravachol, and Yoshitoshi. After him are Antonio de Torres Jurado, Hermann Burmeister, Hervé, Ernest Guiraud, Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha, and Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Peter Nicolai Arbo ranks 134 out of 1,039. Before him are Kåre Willoch (1928), Viggo Brun (1885), Varg Vikernes (1973), Harriet Backer (1845), Kitty Lange Kielland (1843), and Caspar Wessel (1745). After him are Trygve Bratteli (1910), Thorleif Haug (1894), Bjørn Dæhlie (1967), John Lyng (1905), Thorbjørn Egner (1912), and Oscar Torp (1893).

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Among PAINTERS In Norway

Among painters born in Norway, Peter Nicolai Arbo ranks 8. Before him are Peder Severin Krøyer (1851), Christian Krohg (1852), Johan Christian Dahl (1788), Theodor Kittelsen (1857), Harriet Backer (1845), and Kitty Lange Kielland (1843). After him are Hans Gude (1825), Frits Thaulow (1847), Oda Krohg (1860), Erik Werenskiold (1855), Martinus Rørbye (1803), and Gerhard Munthe (1849).

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