PAINTER

Tang Yin

1470 - 1524

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Tang Yin (Chinese: 唐寅; pinyin: Táng Yín; Cantonese Yale: Tong Yan; 6 March 1470 – 7 January 1524), courtesy name Bohu (伯虎) and Ziwei (子畏), was a Chinese painter, calligrapher, and poet of the Ming dynasty period. Even though he was born during the Ming dynasty, many of his paintings, especially those of people, were illustrated with elements from Pre-Tang to Song dynasty art. Tang Yin is one of the most notable painters in the history of Chinese art. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tang Yin has received more than 205,762 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Tang Yin is the 654th most popular painter (down from 607th in 2019), the 487th most popular biography from China (down from 460th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Chinese Painter.

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  • 57.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Tang Yin ranks 654 out of 2,023. Before him are Francesco de' Rossi, Jean Béraud, István Sándorfi, Anton Ažbe, Alessandro Magnasco, and Ni Zan. After him are Theodor Kittelsen, Jannis Kounellis, Barthélemy d'Eyck, Mikhail Larionov, Nikolai Ge, and Alonso Sánchez Coello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1470, Tang Yin ranks 15. Before him are Juan Díaz de Solís, György Dózsa, Francis, Count of Vendôme, Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, Catherine of Navarre, and Lucrezia de' Medici. After him are João I of Kongo, Wen Zhengming, Fernando de Rojas, Vincenzo Catena, Ludovico di Varthema, and Gonzalo Guerrero. Among people deceased in 1524, Tang Yin ranks 13. Before him are Marko Marulić, Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, Andrea Solari, Salaì, Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, and Hans Holbein the Elder. After him are Johann von Staupitz, Cristóbal de Olid, Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria, Ğazı I Giray, Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, and Thomas Linacre.

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In China

Among people born in China, Tang Yin ranks 487 out of 1,610. Before him are Emperor Yizong of Tang (833), Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei (408), Yuen Woo-ping (1945), Yen Chia-kan (1905), Langdarma (803), and Ni Zan (1301). After him are Li He (790), He Zizhen (1910), Liu Zongyuan (773), Marpa Lotsawa (1012), Ba Jin (1904), and 7th Dalai Lama (1708).

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Among PAINTERS In China

Among painters born in China, Tang Yin ranks 9. Before him are Gu Kaizhi (345), Guo Xi (1020), Qi Baishi (1864), Mi Fu (1051), Ma Yuan (1160), and Ni Zan (1301). After him are Dong Qichang (1555), Dong Yuan (932), Wu Daozi (680), Shen Zhou (1427), Xia Gui (1195), and Yun Shouping (1633).

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