Man on a Bridge
1889
94.0 x 62.0 cm
Ren Yi (? – ?)
Ren Yi (1840-1896), also known as Ren Bonian, was a leading painter of the late Qing Shanghai School. Celebrated for his masterful figure painting, portraits, and landscapes blending traditional folk art with literati styles, he captured the vibrant spirit of 19th-century China.
Ren Yi, like his contemporary and friend Xugu (1823–1896), experimented with the realistic rendering of natural scenery instead of producing traditional landscapes composed of conventional compositions and brushstroke formulas. Here, he used irregular patches of wash and hatching to convey the impression of naked branches. Ren approached the picture as a Western artist sketching nature might have, asking "How can I render what I see?" rather than attempting to imitate Western art.Photographs, regularly published in newspapers and magazines in Shanghai as early as the 1870s, shattered traditional Chinese concepts of picture making and had more to do with changing attitudes in landscape painting in the late nineteenth century than any direct influence of Western art.
Om dette kunstværk
- Titel: Man on a Bridge
- Kunstner: Ren Yi
- År: 1889
- Oprindelige mål: 94.0 x 62.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Ophavsretlig status: Beskyttet af ophavsret
- Farvepalette: Neutrals
- Farvetone: Green Spectrum