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Thomas Girtin

1775 - 1802

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Thomas Girtin (18 February 1775 – 9 November 1802) was an English watercolourist and etcher. A friend and rival of J. M. W. Turner, Girtin played a key role in establishing watercolour as a reputable art form. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Girtin is the 1,509th most popular painter (down from 1,491st in 2019), the 3,167th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,811th in 2019) and the 61st most popular British Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Thomas Girtin ranks 1,509 out of 2,023. Before him are Nikifor, Frank Auerbach, Bart van der Leck, Karl Hofer, Paolo Salvati, and Bartolomeo della Gatta. After him are Julius Hübner, Eugène Devéria, Fan Kuan, Jacob Adriaensz Backer, Henri Lebasque, and Wilhelm Bendz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1775, Thomas Girtin ranks 37. Before him are Daniel O'Connell, Stefan Bogoridi, Charles Lamb, François Marius Granet, Carlo Rossi, and Adolf Stieler. After him are Juan Martín Díez, Anna Harrison, Bhimsen Thapa, William Thompson, Walter Savage Landor, and George Prideaux Robert Harris. Among people deceased in 1802, Thomas Girtin ranks 24. Before him are August Batsch, George Romney, Johann Gottlieb Georgi, Joseph Duplessis, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, and Joseph Ducreux. After him are Leopold I, Prince of Lippe, Daniel Morgan, Corona Schröter, Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes, Ivan Argunov, and Ivan Lepyokhin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Girtin ranks 3,168 out of 8,785. Before him are Al Atkins (1947), Nicky Hopkins (1944), Jean Pickering (1929), Blanche of England (1392), Alexander Neckam (1157), and Johnny Haynes (1934). After him are Stephen Daldry (1960), William Donne (1876), Ian Richardson (1934), Anthony Andrews (1948), Storm Thorgerson (1944), and Caradoc (470).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Thomas Girtin ranks 61. Before him are John Michael Wright (1617), Marianne North (1830), Bridget Riley (1931), Mary Beale (1633), Barbara Bodichon (1827), and Henry Raeburn (1756). After him are E. H. Shepard (1879), Austin Osman Spare (1886), Kate Greenaway (1846), Richard Dadd (1817), Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (1852), and Allan Ramsay (1713).

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