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Guo Xi

1020 - 1090

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Guo Xi (Chinese: 郭熙; pinyin: Guō Xī; Wade–Giles: Kuo Hsi) (c. 1020 – c. 1090) was a Chinese landscape painter from Henan Province who lived during the Northern Song dynasty. One text entitled "The Lofty Message of Forest and Streams" (Linquan Gaozhi 林泉高致) is attributed to him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guo Xi is the 493rd most popular painter (up from 496th in 2019), the 352nd most popular biography from China (up from 376th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Chinese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Guo Xi ranks 493 out of 2,023. Before him are Maerten de Vos, Cennino Cennini, Théodore Chassériau, Maria Prymachenko, Matthäus Merian, and Grant Wood. After him are Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, Eugène Atget, Arman, Francisco Pacheco, Parrhasius, and Leonor Fini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1020, Guo Xi ranks 6. Before him are Pope Gregory VII, Pope Stephen IX, Yūsuf Balasaguni, Sweyn II of Denmark, and Su Song. After him are Constantine the African, William I, Count of Burgundy, Gunhilda of Denmark, Vladimir of Novgorod, Zhang Zai, and Henry II, Count of Louvain. Among people deceased in 1090, Guo Xi ranks 3. Before him are Michael VII Doukas, and García II of Galicia. After him are Sikelgaita, Al-Sarakhsi, Snorri Thorfinnsson, Adelaide of Rheinfelden, Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen, Robert, Count of Mortain, Amatus of Montecassino, William of Poitiers, and Adelaide of Normandy.

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In China

Among people born in China, Guo Xi ranks 352 out of 1,610. Before him are Emperor Guangzong of Song (1147), Meng Huo (101), Dian Wei (150), Duke Huan of Qi (-800), Xu Guangqi (1562), and Joseph Zen (1932). After him are Huo Qubing (-140), Lu Yu (733), Lady Zhen (183), Peng Liyuan (1962), Qi Jiguang (1527), and Liu Zhang (200).

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Among PAINTERS In China

Among painters born in China, Guo Xi ranks 4. Before him are Shitao (1642), Gu Kaizhi (345), and Mi Fu (1051). After him are Qi Baishi (1864), Han Gan (706), Dong Qichang (1555), Tang Yin (1470), Liang Kai (1200), Bada Shanren (1626), Wen Zhengming (1470), and Shen Zhou (1427).

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