PAINTER

Dong Qichang

1555 - 1636

Dong Qichang

Dong Qichang (Chinese: 董其昌; pinyin: Dǒng Qíchāng; Wade–Giles: Tung Ch'i-ch'ang; courtesy name Xuanzai (玄宰); 1555–1636) was a Chinese art theorist, calligrapher, painter, and politician of the later period of the Ming dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dong Qichang is the 709th most popular painter (down from 667th in 2019), the 490th most popular biography from China (up from 502nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Chinese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Dong Qichang ranks 709 out of 2,023. Before him are Luis de Morales, Roberto Ferruzzi, Han Gan, Victorine Meurent, Eugene de Blaas, and Philip de Koninck. After him are Justus van Gent, Erasmus Quellinus the Younger, Masaaki Hatsumi, Pedro Berruguete, Aert de Gelder, and Paul Gustav Fischer.

Most Popular Painters in Wikipedia

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Luis de Morales
1509 - 1586
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 703
Roberto Ferruzzi
1853 - 1934
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 704
Han Gan
706 - 783
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 705
Victorine Meurent
1844 - 1927
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 706
Eugene de Blaas
1843 - 1931
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 707
Philip de Koninck
1619 - 1688
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 708
Dong Qichang
1555 - 1636
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 709
Justus van Gent
1430 - 1480
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 710
Erasmus Quellinus the Younger
1607 - 1678
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 711
Masaaki Hatsumi
1931 - Present
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 712
Pedro Berruguete
1450 - 1504
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 713
Aert de Gelder
1645 - 1727
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 714
Paul Gustav Fischer
1860 - 1934
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 715

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1555, Dong Qichang ranks 11. Before him are Naresuan, Cesare Ripa, Andreas Libavius, Johann Arndt, François de Malherbe, and Louise de Coligny. After him are Giovanni Antonio Magini, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, Charles II, Lord of Monaco, Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, Antonio Tempesta, and Moderata Fonte. Among people deceased in 1636, Dong Qichang ranks 5. Before him are Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Date Masamune, Santorio Santorio, and Mulla Sadra. After him are Sendivogius, Stefano Maderno, John Albert II, Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Iskandar Muda, Gregorio Fernández, and Barbara Sophie of Brandenburg.

Others Born in 1555

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Naresuan
POLITICIAN
1555 - 1605
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 5
Cesare Ripa
PHILOSOPHER
1555 - 1622
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 6
Andreas Libavius
CHEMIST
1555 - 1616
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 7
Johann Arndt
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1555 - 1621
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 8
François de Malherbe
WRITER
1555 - 1628
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 9
Louise de Coligny
COMPANION
1555 - 1620
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 10
Dong Qichang
PAINTER
1555 - 1636
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 11
Giovanni Antonio Magini
MATHEMATICIAN
1555 - 1617
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 12
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon
NOBLEMAN
1555 - 1623
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 13
Charles II, Lord of Monaco
NOBLEMAN
1555 - 1589
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 14
Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi
COMPOSER
1555 - 1609
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 15
Antonio Tempesta
PAINTER
1555 - 1630
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 16
Moderata Fonte
WRITER
1555 - 1592
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 17

Others Deceased in 1636

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Pieter Brueghel the Younger
PAINTER
1564 - 1636
HPI: 75.41
Rank: 1
Date Masamune
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1567 - 1636
HPI: 70.90
Rank: 2
Santorio Santorio
PHYSICIAN
1561 - 1636
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 3
Mulla Sadra
PHILOSOPHER
1571 - 1636
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 4
Dong Qichang
PAINTER
1555 - 1636
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 5
Sendivogius
CHEMIST
1566 - 1636
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 6
Stefano Maderno
SCULPTOR
1576 - 1636
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 7
John Albert II
POLITICIAN
1590 - 1636
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 8
Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
NOBLEMAN
1568 - 1636
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 9
Iskandar Muda
POLITICIAN
1583 - 1636
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 10
Gregorio Fernández
SCULPTOR
1576 - 1636
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 11
Barbara Sophie of Brandenburg
POLITICIAN
1584 - 1636
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 12