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Ren Xun

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Ren Xun (Chinese: 任薰; Wade–Giles: Jen Hsün; ca. 1835–1893) was a Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty.

Ren was born in Xiaoshan in Zhejiang province.[1] 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"[2]

Today, his work is held in the permanent collections of many museums worldwide, including the Palace Museum,[2] the British Museum,[3] the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[4] the University of Michigan Museum of Art,[5] the Yale University Art Gallery,[6] the Harvard Art Museums,[7] and the Brooklyn Museum.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Rèn Xūn Brief Biography". Retrieved 17 July 2008.
  2. ^ a b "Ten Magnificent Landscapes". The Palace Museum.
  3. ^ "hanging scroll; painting | British Museum". The British Museum. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Bird on a Rock by a Flowering Branch". Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1879. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Exchange: Crane, Pine and Bamboo". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Reading at the Secluded Pine Studio (Song yin an) | Yale University Art Gallery". artgallery.yale.edu. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  7. ^ Harvard. "From the Harvard Art Museums' collections Narcissus, Plum Blossom, Bamboo, and Bird". harvardartmuseums.org. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Brooklyn Museum". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 5 February 2021.