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Zao Wou-Ki

1920 - 2013

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Zao Wou-Ki (Chinese: 赵无极; pinyin: Zhào Wújí; Wade–Giles: Chao Wu-chi; 1 February 1920 – 9 April 2013) was a Chinese-French painter. He was a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zao Wou-Ki has received more than 199,828 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Zao Wou-Ki is the 822nd most popular painter (up from 958th in 2019), the 587th most popular biography from China (up from 625th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Chinese Painter.

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  • 200k

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  • 55.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Zao Wou-Ki ranks 822 out of 2,023. Before him are George Stubbs, Giovanni Baglione, Sebastiaen Vrancx, Sidney Paget, Asher Brown Durand, and Takashi Murakami. After him are Vladimir Borovikovsky, Michiel Coxie, Nuno Gonçalves, Cassandre, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, and Luis Ricardo Falero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Zao Wou-Ki ranks 138. Before him are Marcel Reich-Ranicki, John Maynard Smith, Nobuyuki Kato, Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani, George Shultz, and Jean Carmet. After him are Alf Ramsey, Michael Anderson, Philippa Foot, Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi, Emilio Colombo, and Alexander Arutiunian. Among people deceased in 2013, Zao Wou-Ki ranks 125. Before him are Tony Lip, Aslan Usoyan, Henning Larsen, Dominique Venner, Sergiu Nicolaescu, and Ali Kafi. After him are Édouard Molinaro, Jim Kelly, Emilio Pericoli, Emilio Colombo, Marta Eggerth, and Álvaro Mutis.

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In China

Among people born in China, Zao Wou-Ki ranks 587 out of 1,610. Before him are Li Shangyin (813), Zhang Wentian (1900), Bada Shanren (1626), Consort Ban (-48), Tung Chee-hwa (1937), and He Long (1896). After him are Lo Wei (1918), Charlie Soong (1861), Jianzhen (688), Hu Hanmin (1879), Kang Sheng (1898), and Jin Midi (-134).

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Among PAINTERS In China

Among painters born in China, Zao Wou-Ki ranks 19. Before him are Shen Zhou (1427), Xia Gui (1195), Yun Shouping (1633), Liang Kai (1200), Wen Zhengming (1470), and Bada Shanren (1626). After him are Pan Yuliang (1895), Muqi (1210), Zhang Zeduan (1085), Huang Tingjian (1045), Li Cheng (919), and Li Tang (1050).

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