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Bada Shanren

1626 - 1705

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Zhu Da (朱耷), also known by his pen name Bada Shanren (八大山人), was a late-Ming and early-Qing dynasty Chinese painter, calligrapher, and poet. He was born in Nanchang, Jiangxi, in 1626, at during the Ming-Qing Transition. Zhu was mentally ill and displayed erratic behavior. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bada Shanren has received more than 103,424 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Bada Shanren is the 846th most popular painter (down from 753rd in 2019), the 577th most popular biography from China (down from 504th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Chinese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Bada Shanren ranks 846 out of 1,421Before him are Barent Fabritius, Arthur Rackham, Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger, Ogata Kōrin, Romaine Brooks, and Sebald Beham. After him are Adolphe Monticelli, François-André Vincent, Franz von Bayros, Christen Købke, Jean Metzinger, and Anton Graff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1626, Bada Shanren ranks 11Before him are Francesco Redi, William II, Prince of Orange, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, Giovanni Legrenzi, and Louis Couperin. After him are Andrea Guarneri, John Aubrey, Pietro Mengoli, Jan van Kessel the Elder, Simon Ushakov, and Ole Borch. Among people deceased in 1705, Bada Shanren ranks 15Before him are Philipp Spener, Madame d'Aulnoy, Pierre Beauchamp, Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark, Guillaume Amontons, and George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After him are Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia, Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Johann Ernst Glück, Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Titus Oates.

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In China

Among people born in China, Bada Shanren ranks 577 out of 1,392Before him are Kang Sheng (1898), Zheng Zhilong (1604), Yuan Longping (1930), Sengge Rinchen (1811), Ruan Lingyu (1910), and Wang Ming (1904). After him are Jin Midi (-134), Ragibagh Khan (1320), Ai Qing (1910), Cao Yu (1910), Jianzhen (688), and Li Shangyin (813).

Among PAINTERS In China

Among painters born in China, Bada Shanren ranks 17Before him are Liang Kai (1200), Zhang Zeduan (1085), Shen Zhou (1427), Wu Daozi (680), Dong Yuan (932), and Xia Gui (1195). After him are Li Cheng (919), Wen Zhengming (1470), Wang Meng (1308), Muqi (1210), Pan Yuliang (1895), and Xu Wei (1521).