Ren Xiong

Ren Xiong (Chinese: 任熊; pinyin: Rèn Xióng; July 19, 1823 – November 23, 1857) was a Chinese painter from Xiaoshan, Zhejiang, active during the late Qing dynasty. Ren belonged to the Shanghai School in Chinese painting and is known for his bold and innovative style.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ren.
Ren Xiong's self-portrait

His brother was the painter Ren Xun.

According to the scholar Meccarelli, the particular definition of pictorial naturalism, might result from contacts established with the art of photography, rather than a “simple” assimilation of Western painting techniques and models.[1]

Paintings
  • After the poems of Da Mei
  • (title not known)
  • The Goddess of the Luo River

References
  1. Meccarelli M., Foo Y., Flamminii A. "China and the West in the Art of the Nineteenth Century: A Cultural and Historical Review of the Relations between Painting and Photography" Ming Qing Studies 2013, pp. 117-160

Further reading
  • James Cahill (1995). "Ren Xiong and His Self-Portrait". Ars Orientalis. 25: 119–132. JSTOR 4629491.


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