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Walter Crane

1845 - 1915

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Walter Crane (15 August 1845 – 14 March 1915) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most influential, and among the most prolific, children's book creators of his generation and, along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway, one of the strongest contributors to the child's nursery motif that the genre of English children's illustrated literature would exhibit in its developmental stages in the later 19th century. Crane's work featured some of the more colourful and detailed beginnings of the child-in-the-garden motifs that would characterize many nursery rhymes and children's stories for decades to come. He was part of the Arts and Crafts movement and produced an array of paintings, illustrations, children's books, ceramic tiles, wallpapers and other decorative arts. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Crane is the 994th most popular painter (up from 995th in 2019), the 2,195th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,890th in 2019) and the 37th most popular British Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Walter Crane ranks 994 out of 2,023. Before him are James Rosenquist, Rihard Jakopič, Alexandre Calame, Ferrer Bassa, Giovanni Giacometti, and Hans von Marées. After him are Frans Francken the Younger, Mór Than, Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Jean-Baptiste van Loo, Giovanni di Paolo, and Richard Estes.

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Among people born in 1845, Walter Crane ranks 52. Before him are Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil, André Bessette, Jules Guesde, and Wollert Konow. After him are Jan Czerski, Gustave Ador, William, Prince of Wied, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and William Kingdon Clifford. Among people deceased in 1915, Walter Crane ranks 51. Before him are Karl Lamprecht, Danilo Ilić, Akaki Tsereteli, Theodor Boveri, Józef Brandt, and Pierre-Émile Martin. After him are Otto Weddigen, Vazha-Pshavela, Inoue Kaoru, Richard Lydekker, Eugène Jansson, and Serafino Vannutelli.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Walter Crane ranks 2,195 out of 8,785. Before him are Israel Kirzner (1930), Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735), Peter Capaldi (1958), Craig Brown (1940), Rick Davies (1944), and Jeanette (1951). After him are Thomas Hicks (1876), Mitch Mitchell (1947), William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (1724), Keith Flint (1969), Æthelbald of Mercia (700), and Prasutagus (50).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Walter Crane ranks 37. Before him are Barbara Hepworth (1903), Thomas Rowlandson (1756), Effie Gray (1828), Roland Penrose (1900), Matthew Paris (1200), and Vanessa Bell (1879). After him are David Roberts (1796), Roger Fry (1866), George Frederic Watts (1817), Dora Carrington (1893), George Romney (1734), and Frank Dicksee (1853).

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