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Worthington Whittredge

1820 - 1910

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Thomas Worthington Whittredge (May 22, 1820 – February 25, 1910) was an American artist of the Hudson River School. Whittredge was a highly regarded artist of his time, and was friends with several leading Hudson River School artists including Albert Bierstadt and Sanford Robinson Gifford. He traveled widely and excelled at landscape painting, many examples of which are now in major museums. He served as president of the National Academy of Design from 1874 to 1875 and was a member of the selection committees for the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition and the 1878 Paris Exposition, both important venues for artists of the day. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Worthington Whittredge is the 1,991st most popular painter (down from 1,959th in 2019), the 12,949th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,956th in 2019) and the 148th most popular American Painter.

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Among painters, Worthington Whittredge ranks 1,991 out of 2,023. Before him are Ali Divandari, Wayne Thiebaud, Israel Tsvaygenbaum, Joana Vasconcelos, Edwin Lord Weeks, and Thomas Sully. After him are Robert S. Duncanson, Elizabeth Catlett, Frederick McCubbin, Valentin Yudashkin, Marc Quinn, and Eastman Johnson.

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Among people born in 1820, Worthington Whittredge ranks 83. Before him are Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, Anthony W. Gardiner, George Hearst, Henry Jarvis Raymond, Thomas Baines, and Earl Van Dorn.  Among people deceased in 1910, Worthington Whittredge ranks 110. Before him are Antonín Slavíček, Emīls Dārziņš, Emily Blackwell, Granville Woods, George Henry Williams, and George Newnes. After him are John G. Carlisle, and Joe Gans.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Worthington Whittredge ranks 12,953 out of 20,380. Before him are Bess Armstrong (1953), Daniel Kleppner (1932), Vanessa Marano (1992), Jonathan Stark (1971), Tabitha Stevens (1970), and David Faustino (1974). After him are Kristy McNichol (1962), John Salley (1964), Amy Goodman (1957), Harold Camping (1921), Lesley Stahl (1941), and Jim Justice (1951).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Worthington Whittredge ranks 148. Before him are Charles Marion Russell (1864), Arthur Wesley Dow (1857), George Luks (1867), Gertrude Abercrombie (1909), Wayne Thiebaud (1920), and Edwin Lord Weeks (1849). After him are Robert S. Duncanson (1821), Elizabeth Catlett (1915), Eastman Johnson (1824), Jacob Lawrence (1917), Kari Byron (1974), and Thomas Kinkade (1958).

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