Template:Infobox artist

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The design and content of biographical infoboxes must follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy, as well as infobox and biographical style guideline. All content displayed in this template must adhere to the biographies of living persons policy if applicable. Unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material must be removed immediately from the article and its infobox, especially if potentially libellous.

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{{Infobox artist}} may be used in an article about a person who is an artist.

Usage

The infobox may be added by pasting the template as shown below into an article.

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{{Infobox artist
| honorific_prefix = 
| name             = <!-- include middle initial, if not specified in birth_name -->
| honorific_suffix = 
| image            = <!-- use the image's pagename; do not include the "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and do not use brackets-->
| image_size       = 
| alt              = 
| caption          = 
| native_name      = 
| native_name_lang = 
| birth_name       = <!-- only use if different from name -->
| birth_date       = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living artists, {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} for dead. For living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per [[WP:DOB]]. Treat such cases as if only the year is known, so use {{birth year and age|YYYY}} or a similar option. -->
| birth_place      = 
| baptised         = <!-- will not display if birth_date is entered -->
| death_date       = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> 
| death_place      = 
| resting_place    = 
| resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} -->
| nationality      = 
| education        = 
| alma_mater       = 
| known_for        = 
| notable_works    = 
| style            = 
| movement         = 
| spouse           = 
| partner          = 
| children         =
| parents          = 
| father           = 
| mother           = 
| relatives        = 
| family           = 
| awards           = <!-- {{awd|award|year|title|role|name}} (optional) -->
| elected          = 
| patrons          = 
| memorials        = 
| website          = <!-- {{URL|Example.com}} -->
| module           = 
}}

Parameters

Parameter	Description
honorific_prefix	Displayed on the line above the person's name (title, e.g. "Sir", "Lord")
name	Commonly-known name of person (defaults to article name, without disambiguation)
honorific_suffix	Displayed on the line below the person's name (initials like "OBE", "FRSA")
image *	A picture of or including the person. Use file name only, without the brackets and File: or Image: prefix (abc.jpg, xyz.png, etc.)
image_size *	Size to display image: 200px (set width), x300px (set height), or 200x300px (max width & max height). This defaults to frameless (default is 220px, but logged in users can change this by clicking on "my preferences" and adjusting thumbnail size) if empty or omitted. This parameter should not normally need to be set.
alt *	Alternative text for image, for visually impaired readers (see WP:ALT)
caption *	Caption to accompany image. If a (portrait) photograph of the person, try to include date of photo and photographer's name.
native_name	Name in the person's native language. If more than one, separate using {{plainlist}}.
native_name_lang	ISO 639-1 two-letter code for person's native language (e.g. "fr" for French). If more than one, use {{lang}} in `\|{{SAFESUBST:#if:native_name\|native_name=}}` instead.
birth_name	Name at birth, if different from name
birth_date	Date of birth. If the person is living, use {{Birth date and age}}, {{Birth-date and age}}, or {{Birth year and age}}. If deceased, use {{Birth date}} or {{Birth-date}}. Use plain text for partial dates. Example: {{Birth date and age\|1950\|8\|26}} if born August 26, 1950 Example: {{Birth date and age\|df=yes\|1950\|8\|26}} to display birth date as 26 August 1950
birth_place	Place of birth (town/city, state/province, country)
death_date	Date of death. If the date of birth is known, use {{Death date and age}}, {{Death-date and age}}, or {{Death year and age}}. Otherwise, use {{Death date}} or {{Death-date}}. Use plain text for partial dates. Example: {{Death date and age\|1993\|2\|24\|1950\|8\|26}} if died February 24, 1993 and born August 26, 1950 Example: {{Death date and age\|df=yes\|1993\|2\|24\|1941\|4\|12}} to display death date as 24 February 1993
death_place	Place of death (town/city, state/province, country)
death_cause	Cause of death. Should be clearly defined and sourced, and should only be included when the cause of death has significance for the subject's notability, e.g. James Dean, John Lennon.
resting_place	Place of burial, ash-scattering, etc.
resting_place_coordinates	Precise coordinates for place of burial, ash-scattering etc. Use {{coord}} template.
nationality	Nationality of the person. Do not use a flag template.
education	Where or with whom the artist trained
alma_mater	The linked name of attended higher education institution(s). See Alma mater
known_for	Main fields in which the artist works (i.e. photography, painting, sculpture, drawing, ceramics, graphic design)
notable_works	Famous/significant/representative works. Works with their own articles should take priority (please limit to 5 at most)
style	Artistic style which the artist employs
movement	Artistic movement or school with which artist is associated.
spouse	Name of spouse, if notable
partner	Name of unmarried domestic partner, if notable
children	Name of children, if any
awards	Any awards the artist has won. Consider using the template: `{{awd\|award\|year\|title\|role\|name}}`
elected	Bodies to which the artist has been elected member
patrons	Patrons of the artist
memorials	Monuments, plaques, entities named after the subject, etc.
website	Official website only. Unofficial websites should be placed under ==External links== in the body of the article. Use {{URL}} as in {{URL\|Example.com}}. Do not include the `www.` part unless the server requires it. Use camel case capitalization to make multiword domain names easier to read.
module	Used for embedding other templates into this infobox (see below for more details).

* Only used if the {{{image}}} parameter used.

Embedding other templates via module parameter

The module parameter is used for embedding other templates into this infobox (see Wikipedia:Infobox modules and Category:Biographical templates usable as a module).

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Example

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{{Infobox artist
| name             = Salvador Dalí
| image            = Salvador Dalí 1939.jpg
| caption          = Dalí in 1939 (photo by [[Carl Van Vechten]])
| birth_name       = Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1904|5|11}}
| birth_place      = [[Figueres]], [[Catalonia]], Spain
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1989|01|23|1904|05|11}}
| death_place      = Figueres, Catalonia, Spain
| resting_place    = Crypt at [[Dalí Theatre and Museum]], Figueres, Spain
| nationality      = Spanish
| education        = [[Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando|San Fernando School of Fine Arts]], [[Madrid]], Spain
| known_for        = Painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, writing, film
| notable_works    = {{unbulleted list
  | ''[[The Persistence of Memory]]'' (1931)
  | ''[[Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War)]]'' (1936)
  | ''[[Swans Reflecting Elephants]]'' (1937)
  | ''[[Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening]]'' (1944)
  | ''[[The Temptation of St. Anthony (Dalí)|The Temptation of St. Anthony]]'' (1946)
  }}
| movement         = [[Cubism]], [[Dada]], [[Surrealism]]
| spouse           = [[Gala Dalí]] (Elena Ivanovna Diakonova)
}}

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book or database. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

Date-of-birth ("bday") information will only be included in the microformat if {{birth date}}, or {{birth date and age}} are used in the infobox. (Do not use these if the date is before 1583). Be cautious about using these if the person is still living, per WP:DOB.

To include a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

hCard uses HTML classes including:

adr
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bday
birthplace
category
country-name
deathdate
deathplace
extended-address
family-name
fn (required)
given-name
honorific-prefix
honorific-suffix
label
locality
n
nickname
note
org
role
url
vcard

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Tracking categories

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