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Richard Dadd

1817 - 1886

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Richard Dadd (1 August 1817 – 7 January 1886) was an English painter of the Victorian era, noted for his depictions of fairies and other supernatural subjects, Orientalist scenes, and enigmatic genre scenes, rendered with obsessively minuscule detail. Most of the works for which he is best known were created while he was a patient in Bethlem and Broadmoor hospitals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Dadd is the 1,543rd most popular painter (up from 1,568th in 2024), the 3,228th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,000th in 2019) and the 65th most popular British Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Richard Dadd ranks 1,543 out of 2,023. Before him are Henri Harpignies, Władysław Ślewiński, Miklós Barabás, Kate Greenaway, Gerhard Munthe, and Isidor Kaufmann. After him are Óscar Domínguez, Broncia Koller-Pinell, Zhang Xuan, Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky, Pavel Fedotov, and Alexander Bogomazov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Richard Dadd ranks 64. Before him are Charles Dancla, Georgi Pulevski, Édouard Deldevez, Francesco de Sanctis, Ernest Hébert, and Adolphe Yvon. After him are Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi, Alfred Des Cloizeaux, Konstantin Aksakov, Florian Ceynowa, Alexandros Koumoundouros, and Braxton Bragg. Among people deceased in 1886, Richard Dadd ranks 41. Before him are Gustav Fischer, Pyotr Tkachev, Juan Esteban Pedernera, Ivan Aksakov, Leopold Zunz, and Duchess Agnes of Württemberg. After him are Edmond Laguerre, Paul Bert, Jules Malou, Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt, Winfield Scott Hancock, and Tomás Villalba.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Dadd ranks 3,229 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (1436), Walter Rutherford (1857), Kate Greenaway (1846), Thomas Telford (1757), David Watson (1946), and James Somerville (1882). After him are John Pond (1767), Justin Welby (1956), Richard Cobden (1804), Jimmy Bain (1947), Nobby Stiles (1942), and James Legge (1815).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Richard Dadd ranks 65. Before him are Barbara Bodichon (1827), Henry Raeburn (1756), Thomas Girtin (1775), E. H. Shepard (1879), Austin Osman Spare (1886), and Kate Greenaway (1846). After him are Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (1852), Allan Ramsay (1713), David Allan (1744), Thomas Bewick (1753), Duncan Grant (1885), and Gwen John (1876).

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