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Bada Shanren

1626 - 1705

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Zhu Da (朱耷), also known by his pen name Bada Shanren (八大山人), was a late-Ming and early-Qing dynasty Chinese painter, calligrapher, and poet. He was born in Nanchang, Jiangxi, in 1626, at during the Ming-Qing Transition. Zhu was mentally ill and displayed erratic behavior. He was related to the House of Zhu, which was destroyed and executed by the new Qing dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bada Shanren is the 779th most popular painter (up from 811th in 2019), the 537th most popular biography from China (up from 585th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Chinese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Bada Shanren ranks 779 out of 2,023. Before him are François-Xavier Fabre, Paolo Veneziano, Jan Provoost, Albert Bierstadt, Giovanna Garzoni, and Jean Metzinger. After him are Julian Schnabel, Sebastiaen Vrancx, Cassandre, Agatharchus, Cornelis de Vos, and Wen Zhengming.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1626, Bada Shanren ranks 11. Before him are Richard Cromwell, William II, Prince of Orange, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Giovanni Legrenzi, and Jan van Kessel the Elder. After him are Louis Couperin, Andrea Guarneri, John Aubrey, Pietro Mengoli, Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken, and Simon Ushakov. Among people deceased in 1705, Bada Shanren ranks 15. Before him are John Ray, George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Madame d'Aulnoy, Pierre Beauchamp, Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Guillaume Amontons. After him are Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark, Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia, Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt, Johann Ernst Glück, Justine Siegemund, and Titus Oates.

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In China

Among people born in China, Bada Shanren ranks 537 out of 1,610. Before him are Osman Batur (1899), Han Zheng (1954), Zhou Xuan (1920), Kang Sheng (1898), Soong Ai-ling (1888), and Yuan Zhen (779). After him are Lee Shau-kee (1929), He Yingqin (1890), Emperor Shizong of Jin (1123), Na Moon-hee (1941), Wen Zhengming (1470), and Shiing-Shen Chern (1911).

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Among PAINTERS In China

Among painters born in China, Bada Shanren ranks 10. Before him are Guo Xi (1020), Qi Baishi (1864), Han Gan (706), Dong Qichang (1555), Tang Yin (1470), and Liang Kai (1200). After him are Wen Zhengming (1470), Shen Zhou (1427), Ni Zan (1301), Wu Daozi (680), Ma Yuan (1160), and Huang Tingjian (1045).

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