Most Famous Chinese Artists

China has produced 56 notable artists throughout history, led by Wang Wei (Tang dynasty). Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Category All
Citizenship All
WW
Wang Wei (Tang dynasty) Chinese Painter 699 – 761
# 9,659
QB
Qi Baishi Chinese Painter 1864 – 1957
# 14,921
ZD
Zhang Daqian Chinese Painter 1899 – 1983
# 18,405
MF
Mi Fu Chinese Painter 1051 – 1107
# 20,201
ZM
Zhao Mengfu Chinese Painter 1254 – 1322
# 23,467
CG
Cai Guo-Qiang Chinese Painter Born 1957
# 26,519
WX
Wang Xizhi Chinese Painter 303 – 361
# 26,543
XB
Xu Beihong Chinese Painter 1895 – 1953
# 28,395
DQ
Dong Qichang Chinese Painter 1555 – 1636
# 29,007
S
Shitao Chinese Painter 1642 – 1707
# 30,448
WS
Wang Shu Chinese Architect Born 1963
# 31,597
GX
Guo Xi Chinese Painter 1020 – 1090
# 41,868
YM
Yue Minjun Chinese Painter Born 1962
# 56,762
LC
Li Cheng (painter) Chinese Painter 919 – 967
# 62,329
LK
Li Keran Chinese Painter 1907 – 1989
# 64,973
HZ
Hu Zhengyan Chinese Painter 1584 – 1674
# 71,938
ZC
Zhang Chongren Chinese Painter 1907 – 1998
# 78,512
LG
Li Gonglin Chinese Painter 1049 – 1106
# 79,099
YS
Yun Shouping Chinese Painter 1633 – 1690
# 81,763
GC
Gendün Chöphel Chinese Painter 1903 – 1951
# 83,999