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'Geese on a Lake', After Ren Renfa; Yuan Dynasty, Chinese Scroll, Calligraphy, Sumo-E

Name: 'Geese on a Lake', After Ren Renfa; Yuan Dynasty, Chinese Scroll, Calligraphy, Sumo-E
Price: 3600 USD
Availability: InStock

$3,600

McNaught Fine Art

Santa Cruz, CA

Condition Notes: Good; This painting on silk is laid down on plywood; minor toning; unframed; shows well. Good; This painting on silk is laid down on plywood; minor toning; unframed; shows well. less

Description: Chinese School, 20th century; After Ren Renfa (Qinglongzhen, 1255-1328). Signed center right in Chinese with artist chop mark for 'Yueshan … more Chinese School, 20th century; After Ren Renfa (Qinglongzhen, 1255-1328). Signed center right in Chinese with artist chop mark for 'Yueshan Daoren' 月山道人, brush name for Ren Renfa.

(Qinglongzhen [now Qingpu, Songjiang, Shanghai Municipality], b.1255; d. 1328).

Chinese painter. Under the Yuan dynasty (1279–1368) he became an official, rising to the level of Vice-President of the River Conservation Bureau. He was famous for his paintings of horses, which were much admired by both his Mongol and Chinese patrons. In horse painting he followed in the tradition of the Song-period (960–1279) artist Li Gonglin, which was characterized by use of the ‘iron-wire’ line and a minimum of shading. Ultimately, however, Ren’s style can be traced to the Tang (ad 618–907) painters Yan Liben and Han Gan.

Ren’s earliest surviving painting is dated 1280, indicating that he was a mature artist by his mid-twenties. Although he worked as an official under the alien Mongol emperors, he was capable of paintings that incorporated clear political messages. The most famous is Fat and Lean Horses (Beijing, Pal. Mus.), in which, according to his inscription, the fat horse represents the self-satisfied, wealthy official and the lean one the humble, poor, self-deprecating official. less

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