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Sophie Gengembre Anderson

1823 - 1903

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Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823 – 10 March 1903) was a French-born British Victorian painter who was also active in the United States for extended periods. She specialised in genre paintings of children and women, typically in rural settings. She began her career as a lithographer and painter of portraits, collaborating with Walter Anderson on portraits of American Episcopal bishops. Her work, Elaine, was the first public collection purchase of a woman artist. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sophie Gengembre Anderson is the 647th most popular painter (up from 763rd in 2019), the 1,938th most popular biography from France (up from 2,241st in 2019) and the 125th most popular French Painter.

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Among painters, Sophie Gengembre Anderson ranks 647 out of 2,023. Before her are Palma il Giovane, Francesco Francia, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Konstantin Makovsky, Alonso Sánchez Coello, and Pieter van Laer. After her are Thomas Eakins, Jan Kupecký, Peter Snayers, Joos van Cleve, Agnolo Gaddi, and Michael Sittow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Sophie Gengembre Anderson ranks 25. Before her are Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Alexander Ostrovsky, Charles III, Duke of Parma, Jean Chacornac, Mihailo Obrenović, and Théodore de Banville. After her are Ante Starčević, Katsu Kaishū, Joseph Monier, Gotthold Eisenstein, Pyotr Lavrov, and Konstantin Ushinsky. Among people deceased in 1903, Sophie Gengembre Anderson ranks 26. Before her are Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, Vasily Dokuchaev, Marcel Renault, Sabino Arana, Camillo Sitte, and Richard Jordan Gatling. After her are Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Karl Gegenbaur, Émile Baudot, Charles Renouvier, Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov, and Hans Gude.

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In France

Among people born in France, Sophie Gengembre Anderson ranks 1,938 out of 6,770. Before her are Marcel Achard (1899), Henri Delaunay (1883), François Magendie (1783), Thoinot Arbeau (1520), Le Pétomane (1857), and Pierre Werner (1913). After her are Charlotte of Albret (1480), Heinz Harmel (1906), Germaine Dulac (1882), Elias, Duke of Parma (1880), Antoine Barnave (1761), and Berengar of Tours (998).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Sophie Gengembre Anderson ranks 125. Before her are Jules Breton (1827), Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville (1803), Jean-Paul Laurens (1838), Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761), Adrien Manglard (1695), and Henri-Edmond Cross (1856). After her are Pierre Soulages (1919), Achille Devéria (1800), Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767), Valentin de Boulogne (1591), Carolus-Duran (1837), and Marguerite Gérard (1761).

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