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Wen Zhengming

1470 - 1559

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Wen Zhengming (28 November 1470 – 28 March 1559), born Wen Bi, was a Chinese painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Ming dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wen Zhengming has received more than 96,674 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Wen Zhengming is the 801st most popular painter (up from 876th in 2019), the 577th most popular biography from China (up from 591st in 2019) and the 17th most popular Chinese Painter.

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  • 97k

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  • 55.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Wen Zhengming ranks 801 out of 2,023. Before him are Cindy Sherman, Liang Kai, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Heinrich Aldegrever, Andrea Appiani, and Jan Fyt. After him are Jan Kupecký, Alvise Vivarini, Dorothea Tanning, Jacques Villon, Philip de László, and Kurt Westergaard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1470, Wen Zhengming ranks 17. Before him are Francis, Count of Vendôme, Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, Catherine of Navarre, Lucrezia de' Medici, Tang Yin, and João I of Kongo. After him are Fernando de Rojas, Vincenzo Catena, Ludovico di Varthema, Gonzalo Guerrero, Marco Basaiti, and Bartolomeo Tromboncino. Among people deceased in 1559, Wen Zhengming ranks 15. Before him are Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk, William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Benvenuto Tisi, Robert Estienne, Michele Sanmicheli, and Otto Henry, Elector Palatine. After him are Fatma Sultan, Realdo Colombo, Christina Gyllenstierna, Adam Ries, Kanō Motonobu, and Lorenzo Priuli.

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In China

Among people born in China, Wen Zhengming ranks 577 out of 1,610. Before him are Xu Shichang (1855), Go Seigen (1914), Li Siyuan (867), Octar (350), Man Chong (209), and Liang Kai (1200). After him are Lie Yukou (-449), Li Hongzhi (1951), Fang Xuanling (578), Li Shangyin (813), Zhang Wentian (1900), and Bada Shanren (1626).

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Among PAINTERS In China

Among painters born in China, Wen Zhengming ranks 17. Before him are Dong Yuan (932), Wu Daozi (680), Shen Zhou (1427), Xia Gui (1195), Yun Shouping (1633), and Liang Kai (1200). After him are Bada Shanren (1626), Zao Wou-Ki (1920), Pan Yuliang (1895), Muqi (1210), Zhang Zeduan (1085), and Huang Tingjian (1045).

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