People's Artist is an

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in the

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s, in some other

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states (and

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s in general), as well as in a number of

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, modeled after the title of the

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR, also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. The term is confusingly used to translate two Russian language titles: Народный арти ...

Russia

The term is confusingly used to translate two different

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titles: "народный артист" (awarded in

performing arts The performing arts are arts such as music, dance, and drama which are performed for an audience. They are different from the visual arts, which involve the use of paint, canvas or various materials to create physical or static art objects. P ...

, see e.g., :People's Artists of the USSR) and "народный художник" (awarded in some

visual arts The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics (art), ceramics, photography, video, image, filmmaking, design, crafts, and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual a ...

painting Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

drawing Drawing is a Visual arts, visual art that uses an instrument to mark paper or another two-dimensional surface, or a digital representation of such. Traditionally, the instruments used to make a drawing include pencils, crayons, and ink pens, some ...

, and

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, see e.g., :People's Artists of the USSR (visual arts)). Both titles are awarded for exceptional achievements in the corresponding arts. Some other arts gave rise special titles: People's Architect,

People's Writer People's Writer is a honorary title to distinguished writers. The title originated in the Soviet Union and was granted by the Republics of the Soviet Union and the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics. Some post-Soviet states The post-Sovi ...

People's Poet People's Poet may refer to: * People's Poet of Azerbaijan * * People's Poet of the Lithuanian SSR * People's Poet of Uzbekistan See also * * People's Writer {{SIA Honorary titles ...

Vietnam

In Vietnam the abbreviation NSND (Nghệ sĩ Nhân dân, ) is used. This is Vietnam's top artistic award for a living artist – second only to the often posthumous Ho Chi Minh Prize. The youngest ever recipient is the Russian-trained classical pianist

Đặng Thái Sơn Đặng Thái Sơn (born July 2, 1958, in Hanoi, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese and Canadian classical pianist. In 1980, he won the X International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, becoming the first pianist from Asia to do so. He has received partic ...

in 1984. The lesser award of

Merited Artist of Vietnam Merited artist (', also translated as Meritorious Artist, Deserved Artist, Distinguished Artist, Honoured Artist) is an honorary title awarded by the Vietnamese State to artists who have contributions to arts. This title is popular in the Soviet ...

is abbreviated

NSƯT Merited artist (', also translated as Meritorious Artist, Deserved Artist, Distinguished Artist, Honoured Artist) is an honorary title awarded by the Vietnamese State to artists who have contributions to arts. This title is popular in the Soviet ...

China

The People's Artist ( zh, 人民艺术家) is a type of national honorary titles. Currently 7 people are rated as this title: #

Lao She Shu Qingchun (3 February 189924 August 1966), known by his pen name Lao She, was a Chinese writer of Manchu ethnicity, known for his vivid portrayal of urban life and his colorful use of the Beijing dialect, such as in the novel '' Rickshaw Boy' ...

, awarded by Beijing Municipality Government in 1951 #

Qi Baishi Qi Baishi (1 January 1864 – 16 September 1957) was a Chinese painting, Chinese painter, noted for the whimsical, often playful style of his works. Born to a peasant family from Xiangtan, Hunan, Qi taught himself to paint, sparked by the Ma ...

, awarded by Ministry of Culture of PRC Central Government in 1953 #

Chang Xiangyu Chang Xiangyu () was a Chinese opera actress who performed renditions of the story of Hua Mulan across China in support of the Korean War and who appeared in a 1956 screen adaption. Biography Chang was born in 1923 into a poor farming family in ...

, awarded

posthumously Posthumous may refer to: * Posthumous award, an award, prize or medal granted after the recipient's death * Posthumous publication, publishing of creative work after the author's death * Posthumous (album), ''Posthumous'' (album), by Warne Marsh, 1 ...

by State Council in 2004 # Wang Meng #

Qin Yi Qin Yi (; 4 February 1922 – 9 May 2022) was a Chinese actress. She gained fame for her stage performances in the war-time capital Chongqing during the Second Sino-Japanese War. After the war, she became one of China's most popular film actress ...

Guo Lanying Guo Lanying ( zh, 郭兰英; born 31 December 1929 in Pingyao, Shanxi) is a noted Chinese operatic soprano best known for singing patriotic songs such as " My Motherland" (1956) and " Nanniwan" (1943). She was born into a poor family in Ping ...

, these three are awarded by SCNPC in 2019 #

Tian Hua Tian Hua (born 14 December 1928) is a Chinese actress most famous for her role of Xi Er in the 1950 film '' The White-haired Girl''. Personal life In 1949, Tian married Su Fan, who was one of the stage designer of PRC founding ceremony. Tian i ...

, awarded by SCNPC in 2024

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