Ren Renfa: Artist and Official
Ren Renfa was an expert of irrigation works, artist, and a government official of the Yuan dynasty. Born in Qinglong Town, Songjiang, he also served as a hydrological engineer, where his work included dredging an area in what is now Beijing to improve the water supply and leading a team to build embankments after the Yellow River burst its banks.
Notable Works
His paintings include subjects such as horses, people, flowers, and birds. One prominent work is Chu Yu Tu (Coming out of the Stable), a painting on silk with color that depicts three officials of the royal stables leading four horses out of a stable. The figures in this work are dressed in Tang style costumes.
Another significant work is Five Drunken Princes Returning on Horseback, a two-metre scroll depicting five princes on horseback with four attendants. This piece includes Li Longji, who later became the Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang dynasty. Ren Renfa also produced the work Fat and Lean Horses, which contains an inscription explaining that the fat horse represents the self-satisfied, wealthy official while the lean one represents the humble, poor, self-deprecating official.
Q&A
Ren Renfa은(는) 어느 시대의 작품을 남겼나요?
Ren Renfa은(는) High Medieval 시대에 활동했습니다. 이 시기는 역사적 맥락 속에서 작가의 예술적 위치를 보여줍니다.
Ren Renfa의 작품을 분위기별로 모아둔 곳은 어디인가요?
Ren Renfa의 무드 룸에서는 작가의 작품들을 분위기별로 만나보실 수 있습니다.
Ren Renfa의 다른 이름이나 별칭에는 무엇이 있나요?
Ren Renfa은(는) Tzu-ming Jen, Yueshandaoren, Renfa Ren, Yüeh-shan-tao-jen, Ren Ziming라는 이름으로도 활동하고 있습니다.
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