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Huang Tingjian

1045 - 1105

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Huang Tingjian (simplified Chinese: 黄庭坚; traditional Chinese: 黃庭堅; Wade–Giles: Huang T'ing-chien; 1045, Jiangxi province, China–1105, Yizhou [now Yishan], Guangxi) was a Chinese calligrapher, painter, and poet of the Song dynasty. He is predominantly known as a calligrapher, and is also admired for his painting and poetry. He was one of the Four Masters of the Song Dynasty (Chinese: 宋四家), and was a younger friend of Su Shi and influenced by his and his friends' practice of literati painting (simplified Chinese: 文人画; traditional Chinese: 文人畫), calligraphy, and poetry; regarded as the founder of the Jiangxi school of poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Huang Tingjian is the 888th most popular painter (up from 1,001st in 2019), the 617th most popular biography from China (up from 663rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Chinese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Huang Tingjian ranks 888 out of 2,023Before him are Aleksander Orłowski, Felix Nussbaum, Grandma Moses, Louise Catherine Breslau, Ma Yuan, and Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis. After him are Antoine Pesne, Jacopo Amigoni, Anna Bilińska, Eero Järnefelt, Lee Krasner, and Albert van Ouwater.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1045, Huang Tingjian ranks 7Before him are El Cid, Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, Stephen, Count of Blois, Saint Margaret of Scotland, Cosmas of Prague, and Adelaide of Hungary. After him is William IV, Count of Toulouse. Among people deceased in 1105, Huang Tingjian ranks 10Before him are Inge the Elder, Simon of Sicily, Malik-Shah II, Sukjong of Goryeo, Judith of Swabia, and Anna Dalassene. After him is Adrianos Komnenos.

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In China

Among people born in China, Huang Tingjian ranks 617 out of 1,610Before him are Qin Liangyu (1574), Wu Yi (1938), Zhou Daguan (1266), Gongsun Du (200), Ma Yuan (1160), and Di Yi (-1200). After him are Li Cunxu (885), Tian Han (1898), Huang Xing (1874), Zhu Yujian (1602), Wang Ming (1904), and Konstantin Rodzaevsky (1907).

Among PAINTERS In China

Among painters born in China, Huang Tingjian ranks 16Before him are Bada Shanren (1626), Wen Zhengming (1470), Shen Zhou (1427), Ni Zan (1301), Wu Daozi (680), and Ma Yuan (1160). After him are Xia Gui (1195), Pan Yuliang (1895), Zhang Zeduan (1085), Xu Beihong (1895), Xu Wei (1521), and Li Cheng (919).