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Séraphine Louis

1864 - 1942

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Séraphine Louis, known as Séraphine de Senlis (Séraphine of Senlis; 3 September 1864 – 11 December 1942), was a French painter and artist. Self-taught, she was inspired by her religious faith and by stained-glass church windows and other religious art. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Séraphine Louis is the 484th most popular painter (up from 526th in 2019), the 1,468th most popular biography from France (up from 1,590th in 2019) and the 97th most popular French Painter.

Séraphine Louis is most famous for her paintings of the people in her village.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Séraphine Louis ranks 484 out of 2,023. Before her are Valentin Serov, Johan Christian Dahl, Cosimo Tura, Wilhelm Busch, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, and Ernest Meissonier. After her are Jan van Scorel, Giovanni Boldini, Maerten de Vos, Cennino Cennini, Théodore Chassériau, and Maria Prymachenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Séraphine Louis ranks 46. Before her are Nicholas Marr, Johan Halvorsen, Andrej Hlinka, Draga Mašin, Franz Oppenheimer, and Reginald Dyer. After her are Auguste Charlois, Kikunae Ikeda, Ethel Voynich, Qi Baishi, Hermann Weingärtner, and Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh. Among people deceased in 1942, Séraphine Louis ranks 47. Before her are Tamon Yamaguchi, Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Leopold Mandić, Lauri Kristian Relander, and Daniil Kharms. After her are Grant Wood, Adam Czerniaków, Yuri Kondratyuk, Herschel Grynszpan, Ivan Bilibin, and Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta.

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In France

Among people born in France, Séraphine Louis ranks 1,468 out of 6,770. Before her are Ernest Meissonier (1815), Robert III, Count of Flanders (1249), Armand Peugeot (1849), Michel Chasles (1793), Richard, Duke of Burgundy (858), and Jean Giono (1895). After her are Thibaud Gaudin (1229), François Rude (1784), Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès (1753), Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1709), Louis, Count of Vendôme (1376), and Germaine Tailleferre (1892).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Séraphine Louis ranks 97. Before her are Hubert Robert (1733), François-Édouard Picot (1786), Jules Chéret (1836), Louis-Michel van Loo (1707), Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1774), and Ernest Meissonier (1815). After her are Eugène Atget (1857), Arman (1928), Fernand Cormon (1845), Jean Clouet (1480), Nicolas de Largillière (1656), and André Lhote (1885).

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