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Shitao

1642 - 1707

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Shitao or Shi Tao (simplified Chinese: 石涛; traditional Chinese: 石濤; pinyin: Shí Tāo; Wade–Giles: Shih-t'ao; other department Yuan Ji (Chinese: 原濟; Chinese: 原济; pinyin: Yuán Jì), 1642 – 1707), born into the Ming dynasty imperial clan as Zhu Ruoji (朱若極), was a Chinese Buddhist monk, calligrapher, and landscape painter during the early Qing dynasty. Born in the Quanzhou County in Guangxi province, Shitao was a member of the royal house descended from the elder brother of Zhu Yuanzhang. He narrowly avoided catastrophe in 1644 when the Ming dynasty fell to invading Manchus and civil rebellion. Having escaped by chance from the fate to which his lineage would have assigned him, he assumed the name Yuanji Shitao no later than 1651 when he became a Buddhist monk. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shitao is the 317th most popular painter (up from 400th in 2019), the 215th most popular biography from China (up from 314th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Painter.

Shitao was most famous for his paintings of landscapes.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Shitao ranks 317 out of 2,023. Before him are Lorenzo Costa, František Kupka, Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Daniele da Volterra, Pierre Mignard, and Carl Spitzweg. After him are Anton Mauve, Giacomo Balla, Il Sodoma, Vasily Vereshchagin, Federico Barocci, and Max Beckmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1642, Shitao ranks 6. Before him are Mehmed IV, Suleiman II, Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Gülnuş Sultan, and Andrea Pozzo. After him are Johann Christoph Bach, Ihara Saikaku, Seki Takakazu, André Charles Boulle, Louis I, Prince of Monaco, and Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins. Among people deceased in 1707, Shitao ranks 6. Before him are Dieterich Buxtehude, Aurangzeb, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan, and Muhammad Azam Shah. After him are Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Ahmad Khani, Jean Mabillon, Christoph Cellarius, Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Willem van de Velde the Younger.

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In China

Among people born in China, Shitao ranks 215 out of 1,610. Before him are Chien-Shiung Wu (1912), Emperor Wen of Han (-202), Empress Xiaoyichun (1727), Jiang Wei (202), Charles K. Kao (1933), and Donnie Yen (1963). After him are Meng Tian (-250), Xu Fu (-255), Emperor Ling of Han (156), Zhao Bing (1271), Jie of Xia (-1728), and Pang Tong (179).

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Among PAINTERS In China

Among painters born in China, Shitao ranks 1. After him are Gu Kaizhi (345), Mi Fu (1051), Guo Xi (1020), 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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