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Washington Allston

1779 - 1843

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Washington Allston (November 5, 1779 – July 9, 1843) was an American painter and poet, born in Waccamaw Parish, South Carolina. Allston pioneered America's Romantic movement of landscape painting. He was well known during his lifetime for his experiments with dramatic subject matter and his bold use of light and atmospheric color. While his early artworks concentrate on grandiose and spectacular aspects of nature, his later pieces represent a more subjective and visionary approach. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Washington Allston is the 1,767th most popular painter (down from 1,759th in 2019), the 7,594th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,939th in 2019) and the 91st most popular American Painter.

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Among painters, Washington Allston ranks 1,767 out of 2,023. Before him are Edmund Dulac, Ilka Gedő, Carmen Herrera, Juan Manuel Blanes, Thérèse Schwartze, and Yannis Tsarouchis. After him are Sascha Schneider, Pipilotti Rist, Gaspar Becerra, August Malmström, Kiki Kogelnik, and Paul Raud.

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Among people born in 1779, Washington Allston ranks 30. Before him are Adam Müller, Francis Scott Key, Johann Schweigger, Louis de Freycinet, Ali-Morad Khan Zand, and Filippo Paulucci. After him are Joel Roberts Poinsett, José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, 4th Marquess of Torre Tagle, Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, Tabitha Babbitt, Peter Mark Roget, and Mountstuart Elphinstone. Among people deceased in 1843, Washington Allston ranks 31. Before him are John Biscoe, Hirata Atsutane, Sylvestre François Lacroix, Friedrich von Adelung, Johann Natterer, and Kazim Rashti. After him are José María Queipo de Llano, 7th Count of Toreno, Josep Bonaplata i Corriol, John Claudius Loudon, Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, and Smith Thompson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Washington Allston ranks 7,596 out of 20,380. Before him are John O'Hara (1905), Polly Bergen (1930), Penn Badgley (1986), Chuck Daly (1930), Lola Falana (1942), and Lawrence Gilliard Jr. (1971). After him are Lucy Stone (1818), Gregory La Cava (1892), Harry Porter (1882), Robert Parrish (1916), Courtney Thorne-Smith (1967), and Isabel Briggs Myers (1897).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Washington Allston ranks 91. Before him are Jenny Holzer (1950), Alice Neel (1900), Ad Reinhardt (1913), Morris Louis (1912), Charles Willson Peale (1741), and Frederic Remington (1861). After him are John Frederick Kensett (1816), Katherine Sophie Dreier (1877), Charles Dana Gibson (1867), Theodore Robinson (1852), Lawrence Weiner (1942), and John Marin (1870).

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