PAINTER

William Powell Frith

1819 - 1909

William Powell Frith

William Powell Frith (9 January 1819 – 2 November 1909) was an English painter specialising in genre subjects and panoramic narrative works of life in the Victorian era. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1853, presenting The Sleeping Model as his Diploma work. He has been described as the "greatest British painter of the social scene since Hogarth". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Powell Frith is the 1,846th most popular painter (down from 1,835th in 2019), the 4,337th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,967th in 2019) and the 96th most popular British Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, William Powell Frith ranks 1,846 out of 2,023. Before him are Ferdinand Bauer, Elizabeth Thompson, Frank Brangwyn, Kay Sage, Morten Müller, and Lev Lagorio. After him are Charles R. Knight, Simeon Solomon, Victor Borisov-Musatov, Antônio Parreiras, Aleksandr Gerasimov, and Mel Ramos.

Most Popular Painters in Wikipedia

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Ferdinand Bauer
1760 - 1826
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 1,840
Elizabeth Thompson
1846 - 1933
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 1,841
Frank Brangwyn
1867 - 1956
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 1,842
Kay Sage
1898 - 1963
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 1,843
Morten Müller
1828 - 1911
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 1,844
Lev Lagorio
1827 - 1905
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 1,845
William Powell Frith
1819 - 1909
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 1,846
Charles R. Knight
1874 - 1953
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 1,847
Simeon Solomon
1840 - 1905
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 1,848
Victor Borisov-Musatov
1870 - 1905
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 1,849
Antônio Parreiras
1860 - 1937
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 1,850
Aleksandr Gerasimov
1881 - 1963
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 1,851
Mel Ramos
1935 - 2018
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 1,852

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, William Powell Frith ranks 90. Before him are José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, Charles Piazzi Smyth, Joseph Bazalgette, George Salmon, Ion Emanuel Florescu, and Narcyza Żmichowska. After him are William Muir, Alexandru G. Golescu, Alexander Melville Bell, Yuri Samarin, Martin Johnson Heade, and Yakov Polonsky. Among people deceased in 1909, William Powell Frith ranks 88. Before him are Frederic Remington, Karel Halíř, Nicolaas Pierson, Miguel Antonio Caro, Furqat, and Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman. After him are Clorinda Matto de Turner, Petre S. Aurelian, Robert Hausmann, Lina Morgenstern, Bertha Townsend, and Mary MacKillop.

Others Born in 1819

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José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco
POLITICIAN
1819 - 1880
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 84
Charles Piazzi Smyth
ASTRONOMER
1819 - 1900
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 85
Joseph Bazalgette
ENGINEER
1819 - 1891
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 86
George Salmon
MATHEMATICIAN
1819 - 1904
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 87
Ion Emanuel Florescu
POLITICIAN
1819 - 1893
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 88
Narcyza Żmichowska
WRITER
1819 - 1876
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 89
William Powell Frith
PAINTER
1819 - 1909
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 90
William Muir
WRITER
1819 - 1905
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 91
Alexandru G. Golescu
POLITICIAN
1819 - 1881
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 92
Alexander Melville Bell
LINGUIST
1819 - 1905
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 93
Yuri Samarin
WRITER
1819 - 1876
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 94
Martin Johnson Heade
PAINTER
1819 - 1904
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 95
Yakov Polonsky
WRITER
1819 - 1898
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 96