Ren Xun
Ren Ren Xun (ca. 1835–1893) was a Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty. Ren was born in Xiaoshan in Zhejiang province.
Ren Xun
Ren Xun / 任薰 · Public domain
- Born
- 1835
- Died
- 1893 · Su Zhou.
- Nationality
- Qing dynasty
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- sketch · shinü painting · portrait · shan shui
- Movements
- Shanghai School
- Teachers
- Ren Xiong
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Biography
Biography
Ren came from a family of artists, his brother was Ren Xiong. His paintings were primarily of human figures, done in the style of Chen Hongshou. He was one of the "Four Rens of Shanghai" Today, his work is held in the permanent collections of many museums worldwide, including the Palace Museum, the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Yale University Art Gallery, the Harvard Art Museums, and the Brooklyn Museum.
Training under Ren Xiong is recorded. Ren Bonian and Ren Yu are recorded as having studied under Ren Xun. The field of work recorded is sketch, shinü painting and portrait. Chen Hongshou is recorded as an influence. Work by Ren Xun is recorded in the collections of Ashmolean Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University Art Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria and Harvard Art Museums.
Crane by Ren Xun, ink and color on paper, 1881, private collection
Ren Xun
Bodhidharma Crossing the Ocean on a Leaf by Ren Xun, Qing dynasty, 19th century, ink and color on paper, private collection
Ren Xun
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1835
Ren Xun born.
1893
Ren Xun died at Su Zhou.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Ren Xun.
- 2.The Palace Museum. Ten Magnificent Landscapes.
- 3.hanging scroll; painting British Museum. The British Museum.
- 4.Bird on a Rock by a Flowering Branch. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1879.
- 5.Exchange: Crane, Pine and Bamboo. exchange.umma.umich.edu.
- 6.Reading at the Secluded Pine Studio (Song yin an) Yale University Art Gallery. artgallery.yale.edu.
- 7.Harvard. From the Harvard Art Museums' collections Narcissus, Plum Blossom, Bamboo, and Bird. harvardartmuseums.org.
- 8.Brooklyn Museum. www.brooklynmuseum.org.
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He trained under Ren Xiong. His recorded influences include Chen Hongshou. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Ren Xun worked in sketch, shinü painting, portrait, shan shui and bird-and-flower painting. His work is associated with Shanghai School.
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