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Zhang Daqian

1899 - 1983

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Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (Chinese: 張大千; Wade–Giles: Chang Ta-ch'ien; 10 May 1899 – 2 April 1983) was one of the best-known and most prodigious Chinese artists of the twentieth century. Originally known as a guohua (traditionalist) painter, by the 1960s he was also renowned as a modern impressionist and expressionist painter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zhang Daqian has received more than 107,717 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Zhang Daqian is the 1,093rd most popular painter (down from 1,058th in 2019), the 694th most popular biography from China (down from 660th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Chinese Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Zhang Daqians by language

Over the past year Zhang Daqian has had the most page views in the with 80,442 views, followed by Japanese (3,951), and English (2,820). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Portuguese (86.73%), Marathi (34.15%), and Swedish (32.72%)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Zhang Daqian ranks 1,093 out of 2,023. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, Carlo Cignani, Antiphilus, Daniel Chodowiecki, Alexandre Calame, and Xu Beihong. After him are Hans Rottenhammer, Giovanni Battista Crespi, Jeff Wall, Luis Egidio Meléndez, Vicente Juan Masip, and Frans Post.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Zhang Daqian ranks 128. Before him are Pierre Victor Auger, Justas Paleckis, Leo Borchard, Semyon Krivoshein, Francis Ponge, and Georg Leibbrandt. After him are Qu Qiubai, Peter Wessel Zapffe, Leonid Leonov, Nie Rongzhen, Aleksander Zawadzki, and Rufino Tamayo. Among people deceased in 1983, Zhang Daqian ranks 105. Before him are Antonin Magne, Ibrahim Abboud, Lina Radke, Raymond Massey, Yuri Levitan, and Shūji Terayama. After him are Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Manuel Ferreira, Louise Weiss, Johan Grøttumsbråten, Paul de Man, and Ira Gershwin.

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In China

Among people born in China, Zhang Daqian ranks 694 out of 1,610. Before him are Lu Ji (261), Sogyal Rinpoche (1947), Guo Pu (276), Tao Hongjing (456), Xu Beihong (1895), and James Tien (1942). After him are Tang Xianzu (1550), Fan Bingbing (1981), Sam Hui (1948), King Hu (1932), Yao Ming (1980), and Qu Qiubai (1899).

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  • Photo of Lu Ji

    Lu Ji

    WRITER

    261 - 303

    HPI: 53.64

    Rank: 688

  • Photo of Sogyal Rinpoche

    Sogyal Rinpoche

    WRITER

    1947 - 2019

    HPI: 53.61

    Rank: 689

  • Photo of Guo Pu

    Guo Pu

    HISTORIAN

    276 - 324

    HPI: 53.60

    Rank: 690

  • Photo of Tao Hongjing

    Tao Hongjing

    PHILOSOPHER

    456 - 536

    HPI: 53.57

    Rank: 691

  • Photo of Xu Beihong

    Xu Beihong

    PAINTER

    1895 - 1953

    HPI: 53.56

    Rank: 692

  • Photo of James Tien

    James Tien

    ACTOR

    1942 - Present

    HPI: 53.56

    Rank: 693

  • Photo of Zhang Daqian

    Zhang Daqian

    PAINTER

    1899 - 1983

    HPI: 53.56

    Rank: 694

  • Photo of Tang Xianzu

    Tang Xianzu

    WRITER

    1550 - 1616

    HPI: 53.55

    Rank: 695

  • Photo of Fan Bingbing

    Fan Bingbing

    ACTOR

    1981 - Present

    HPI: 53.55

    Rank: 696

  • Photo of Sam Hui

    Sam Hui

    SINGER

    1948 - Present

    HPI: 53.54

    Rank: 697

  • Photo of King Hu

    King Hu

    FILM DIRECTOR

    1932 - 1997

    HPI: 53.53

    Rank: 698

  • Photo of Yao Ming

    Yao Ming

    BASKETBALL PLAYER

    1980 - Present

    HPI: 53.51

    Rank: 699

  • Photo of Qu Qiubai

    Qu Qiubai

    POLITICIAN

    1899 - 1935

    HPI: 53.46

    Rank: 700

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Among PAINTERS In China

Among painters born in China, Zhang Daqian ranks 29. Before him are Huang Tingjian (1045), Li Cheng (919), Li Tang (1050), Wu Zhen (1280), Xu Wei (1521), and Xu Beihong (1895). After him are Wang Meng (1308), Huang Gongwang (1269), Zhang Xuan (713), Qiu Ying (1494), Dai Jin (1388), and Chen Hongshou (1598).

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