# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shen-zhou
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:48:10.235Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shen-zhou"
name: "Shen Zhou"
slug: "shen-zhou"
description: "Shen Zhou, courtesy names Qinan (启南) and Shitian (石田), was a Chinese painter in the Ming dynasty. He lived during the post-transition period of the Yuan conquest by the Ming. His family worked closely with the government and maintained its wealthy status. Shen later retired and lived a reclusive life, spending most of his time painting and taking care of his widowed mother."
tagline: "Chinese painter (1427-1509)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shen_Zhou_at_age_80.Palace_Museum_Beijing.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1427"
deathDate: "1509"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.18106933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "沈周"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shen_Zhou"
    title: "Shen Zhou"
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  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8E%D9%86_%DA%98%DB%86%D9%88"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Šen Čou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shen_Zhou"
    title: "Shen Zhou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shen_Zhou"
    title: "Shen Zhou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shen_Zhou"
    title: "Shen Zhou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%9F_%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%90%D7%95"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shen Zhou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "沈周"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8B%AC%EC%A3%BC"
    title: "심주"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shen Zhou"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shen_Zhou"
    title: "Shen Zhou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shen_Zhou"
    title: "Shen Zhou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shen_Zhou"
    title: "Shen Zhou"
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  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shen_Zhou"
    title: "Shen Zhou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%A7%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%83"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Шень Чжоу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%88%E5%91%A8"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump