The Most Famous

Painters from China

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This page contains a list of the greatest Chinese Painters. The pantheon dataset contains 2,023 Painters, 39 of which were born in China. This makes China the birth place of the 11th most number of Painters behind Spain and Poland.

Top 10 Painters

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Chinese Painters of all time. This list of famous Chinese Painters is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Chinese Painters.

  1. #1
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    Shitao

    1642 - 1707

    HPI 69.3240 langs

    Shitao was most famous for his paintings of landscapes.

People by Birth Decade

Browse notable Chinese Painters grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.

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Overlapping Lives

Which Painters were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 5 most globally memorable Painters since 1700.

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