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Ren Renfa's Most Famous Paintings: All 3, Ranked
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In short
The Ren Renfa painting most people know is Three Horses and Four Grooms (1318), and you can see it at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Right after it come Leading Horses out of Stable and A Fat and a Thin Horse. Out of 3 works by Ren Renfa in our catalogue, these 3 are the best known. Each one comes with its year, its museum and a short note on what makes it stand out.
1254 – 1327, China
Najviac diel: The Palace Museum
Ren Renfa's top 10: the pieces everyone knows
Where you can see Ren Renfa's paintings
2 múzeá, v ktorých sa nachádza najviac obrazov z tejto stránky.
| Múzeá | Mesto | Diela umelca Ren Renfa | Obrazy z tohto zoznamu |
|---|---|---|---|
 The Palace Museum |
Beijing | 2 | Leading Horses out of Stable, A Fat and a Thin Horse |
 Cleveland Museum of Art |
Cleveland | 1 | Three Horses and Four Grooms |
The famous Ren Renfa pieces of each year
1318 is when every dated Ren Renfa piece on this page was made. Here they are, most famous first.
Diela podľa roku
Pick a year to see its pieces.
Ren Renfa paintings: what people want to know
What painting is Ren Renfa best known for?See the answer
Top of the list is Three Horses and Four Grooms (1318), Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Right behind it: Leading Horses out of Stable and A Fat and a Thin Horse.
How old was Ren Renfa at the time of Three Horses and Four Grooms?See the answer
64 years old. Ren Renfa was born in 1254, and Three Horses and Four Grooms dates from 1318.
How many Ren Renfa works are there?See the answer
We have 3 works by Ren Renfa in our catalogue.
Which museums have Ren Renfa's best-known paintings?See the answer
You'll find most of them in The Palace Museum (Beijing) a Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland). The museum list above has the full breakdown.
What can you see by Ren Renfa at the The Palace Museum?See the answer
You can see 2 of the pieces on this page at the The Palace Museum, Beijing, including Leading Horses out of Stable a A Fat and a Thin Horse.
Can I order a Ren Renfa reproduction for my home?See the answer
Yes. Every painting on this page is available as a hand-painted oil reproduction or a print, in the size that suits you. Just open the painting's page to order.
Meet Ren Renfa
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.