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.

Въпроси и отговори

Мога ли да разгледам творбите на Ren Renfa по теми?

Атлас по теми на Ren Renfa е страница, която класифицира творбите на художника според техните сюжети.

Колко произведения на Ren Renfa са налични за разглеждане?

Можете да разгледате 3 произведения на изкуството творби на Ren Renfa на страницата Всички произведения на изкуството.

Как мога да проследя творчеството на Ren Renfa хронологично?

Творбите на Ren Renfa могат да бъдат разгледани в хронологичен ред на страницата Хронология на произведенията на художника.

Тест за познания по изкуство

За всеки въпрос има само един верен отговор.

Въпрос 1:
In which dynasty did Ren Renfa serve as a government official?
Въпрос 2:
What is the pseudonym of Ren Renfa?
Въпрос 3:
Which painting by Ren Renfa depicts three officials leading four horses out of a stable?
Въпрос 4:
Ren Renfa was born in which modern-day district of Shanghai?
Въпрос 5:
According to the text, whose painting style is comparable to Ren Renfa's paintings of horses?