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.
Vraag en antwoord
In welke historische periode werkte Ren Renfa?
Ren Renfa werkte in de High Medieval-periode. Deze periode plaatst het oeuvre van de kunstenaar in een historisch kader.
Waar kan ik de kunstwerken van Ren Renfa bekijken, gesorteerd op sfeer?
Op de Sfeercollectie van Ren Renfa zijn de kunstwerken van de kunstenaar gerangschikt op stemming.
Onder welke pseudoniemen of andere namen is Ren Renfa bekend?
Ren Renfa staat ook bekend onder de namen Tzu-ming Jen, Yueshandaoren, Renfa Ren, Yüeh-shan-tao-jen, Ren Ziming.
Door de redactie van ArtsDot.com
Bijgewerkt op 29 september 2026
