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Qi Baishi

1864 - 1957

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Qi Baishi (1 January 1864 – 16 September 1957) was a Chinese painter, noted for the whimsical, often playful style of his works. Born to a peasant family from Xiangtan, Hunan, Qi taught himself to paint, sparked by the Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden. After he turned 40, he traveled, visiting various scenic spots in China. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Qi Baishi has received more than 331,132 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Qi Baishi is the 514th most popular painter (down from 479th in 2019), the 393rd most popular biography from China (down from 362nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Chinese Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Qi Baishi ranks 514 out of 2,023. Before him are Hans Makart, Clara Peeters, Giovanni Lanfranco, Carlo Levi, Otto Mueller, and Antonis Mor. After him are Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Lyonel Feininger, Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Théodore Chassériau, and Arman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Qi Baishi ranks 42. Before him are Draga Mašin, Alfred Redl, John Jacob Astor IV, Eugen d'Albert, Kikunae Ikeda, and Jakob von Uexküll. After him are Joseph Bédier, Séraphine Louis, Alfred Stieglitz, Tanaka Giichi, Auguste Charlois, and Roman Dmowski. Among people deceased in 1957, Qi Baishi ranks 59. Before him are Henry Norris Russell, James Brendan Connolly, Rudolf Diels, Max Amann, Giovanni Battista Caproni, and Eugène Schueller. After him are Édouard Herriot, Louis B. Mayer, Rezső Kasztner, Arnold van Gennep, Theodor Körner, and Pedro Infante.

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In China

Among people born in China, Qi Baishi ranks 393 out of 1,610. Before him are Linji Yixuan (850), Zhang Zhongjing (150), Emperor Guangzong of Song (1147), Zhou Tai (163), Zhuge Jin (174), and Di Yi (-1200). After him are Emperor Duanzong (1268), Cangjie (-2650), Emperor Huai of Jin (300), Hou Hsiao-hsien (1947), Kong Rong (153), and Deng Ai (197).

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Among PAINTERS In China

Among painters born in China, Qi Baishi ranks 5. Before him are Shitao (1642), Han Gan (706), Gu Kaizhi (345), and Guo Xi (1020). After him are Mi Fu (1051), Ma Yuan (1160), Ni Zan (1301), Tang Yin (1470), Dong Qichang (1555), Dong Yuan (932), and Wu Daozi (680).

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