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.
Frågor och svar
Under vilken historisk period verkade Ren Renfa?
Ren Renfa verkade under perioden High Medieval, vilket placerar konstnärens gärning i ett historiskt sammanhang.
Var kan jag se Ren Renfas konstverk sorterade efter stämning?
Känslomässigt rum för Ren Renfa är en sida där konstnärens verk är sorterade efter stämning.
Vilka andra namn eller alias använder sig Ren Renfa av?
Ren Renfa är även känd under namnen Tzu-ming Jen, Yueshandaoren, Renfa Ren, Yüeh-shan-tao-jen, Ren Ziming.
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Uppdaterad 29 september 2026
