PAINTER

Victor Meirelles

1832 - 1903

Victor Meirelles

Victor Meirelles de Lima (18 August 1832 – 22 February 1903) was a Brazilian painter and teacher who is best known for his works relating to his nation's culture and history. From humble origins, his talent was soon recognized, being admitted as a student at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts. He specialized in the genre of history painting, and upon winning the Academy's Foreign Travel Award, he spent several years training in Europe. There he painted his best-known work, Primeira Missa no Brasil. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Meirelles is the 1,663rd most popular painter (up from 1,684th in 2019), the 494th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 501st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Brazilian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Victor Meirelles ranks 1,663 out of 2,023. Before him are Antonio Berni, Eduard Wiiralt, Jesús Rafael Soto, Halil Pasha, Harald Sohlberg, and Minas Avetisyan. After him are Miquel Barceló, Edward Robert Hughes, Theodor Philipsen, Reinier Nooms, Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo, and Karl Schorn.

Most Popular Painters in Wikipedia

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Antonio Berni
1905 - 1981
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 1,657
Eduard Wiiralt
1898 - 1954
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 1,658
Jesús Rafael Soto
1923 - 2005
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 1,659
Halil Pasha
1857 - 1939
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 1,660
Harald Sohlberg
1869 - 1935
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 1,661
Minas Avetisyan
1928 - 1975
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 1,662
Victor Meirelles
1832 - 1903
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 1,663
Miquel Barceló
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 1,664
Edward Robert Hughes
1851 - 1914
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 1,665
Theodor Philipsen
1840 - 1920
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 1,666
Reinier Nooms
1623 - 1664
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 1,667
Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 1,668
Karl Schorn
1803 - 1850
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 1,669

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Victor Meirelles ranks 75. Before him are Carl Friedrich Schmidt, Larin Paraske, Max Lange, Mary Ann Cotton, Sergey Botkin, and Léon Gautier. After him are Carl Neumann, Luigi Jacobini, Mary Edwards Walker, Zsófia Torma, Eugenio Montero Ríos, and William Thomas Blanford. Among people deceased in 1903, Victor Meirelles ranks 60. Before him are Frederick Law Olmsted, Lina Sandell, Girolamo de Rada, Gustav Radde, Henri Alexis Brialmont, and Tang Jingsong. After him are Petko Karavelov, Princess Leopoldine of Baden, František Ladislav Rieger, Nicolaas Beets, István Bittó, and János Fadrusz.

Others Born in 1832

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Carl Friedrich Schmidt
GEOLOGIST
1832 - 1908
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 69
Larin Paraske
SINGER
1832 - 1904
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 70
Max Lange
WRITER
1832 - 1899
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 71
Mary Ann Cotton
EXTREMIST
1832 - 1873
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 72
Sergey Botkin
PHYSICIAN
1832 - 1889
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 73
Léon Gautier
HISTORIAN
1832 - 1897
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 74
Victor Meirelles
PAINTER
1832 - 1903
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 75
Carl Neumann
MATHEMATICIAN
1832 - 1925
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 76
Luigi Jacobini
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1832 - 1887
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 77
Mary Edwards Walker
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1832 - 1919
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 78
Zsófia Torma
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1832 - 1899
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 79
Eugenio Montero Ríos
POLITICIAN
1832 - 1914
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 80
William Thomas Blanford
BIOLOGIST
1832 - 1905
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 81

Others Deceased in 1903

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Frederick Law Olmsted
ARCHITECT
1822 - 1903
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 54
Lina Sandell
WRITER
1832 - 1903
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 55
Girolamo de Rada
WRITER
1814 - 1903
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 56
Gustav Radde
BIOLOGIST
1831 - 1903
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 57
Henri Alexis Brialmont
POLITICIAN
1821 - 1903
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 58
Tang Jingsong
POLITICIAN
1841 - 1903
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 59
Victor Meirelles
PAINTER
1832 - 1903
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 60
Petko Karavelov
POLITICIAN
1843 - 1903
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 61
Princess Leopoldine of Baden
NOBLEMAN
1837 - 1903
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 62
František Ladislav Rieger
POLITICIAN
1818 - 1903
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 63
Nicolaas Beets
WRITER
1814 - 1903
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 64
István Bittó
POLITICIAN
1822 - 1903
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 65
János Fadrusz
SCULPTOR
1858 - 1903
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 66

In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Victor Meirelles ranks 494 out of 2,236. Before him are Luís Mesquita de Oliveira (1911), Arthur Machado (1909), Eduardo Saverin (1982), Laurindo Almeida (1917), Hermínio de Brito (1914), and Giovanna Antonelli (1976). After him are Eusébio Scheid (1932), Chico Landi (1907), Mano Menezes (1962), Murilo Benício (1971), Ruy Barbosa (1849), and Luiz Luz (1909).

Others born in Brazil

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Luís Mesquita de Oliveira
SOCCER PLAYER
1911 - 1983
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 488
Arthur Machado
SOCCER PLAYER
1909 - 1997
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 489
Eduardo Saverin
BUSINESSPERSON
1982 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 490
Laurindo Almeida
MUSICIAN
1917 - 1995
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 491
Hermínio de Brito
SOCCER PLAYER
1914 - 1995
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 492
Giovanna Antonelli
ACTOR
1976 - Present
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 493
Victor Meirelles
PAINTER
1832 - 1903
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 494
Eusébio Scheid
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1932 - 2021
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 495
Chico Landi
RACING DRIVER
1907 - 1989
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 496
Mano Menezes
COACH
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 497
Murilo Benício
ACTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 498
Ruy Barbosa
POLITICIAN
1849 - 1923
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 499
Luiz Luz
SOCCER PLAYER
1909 - 1989
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 500