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Ren Xiong (; July 19, 1823 – November 23, 1857) was a Chinese painter from Xiaoshan,
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
File:Mjmhg009-renxiong.jpg, ''After the poems of Da Mei''
File:Ren xiong 1.jpg, (title not known)
File:Ren Xiong - The Goddess of the Luo River.jpg, ''The Goddess of the Luo River''
1823 births 1857 deaths Artists from Hangzhou Qing dynasty painters 19th-century Chinese painters Painters from Zhejiang Chinese male painters 19th-century male artists {{china-painter-stub
Ren Xiong (; July 19, 1823 – November 23, 1857) was a Chinese painter from Xiaoshan, Zhejiang
Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Ji ...
, active during the late Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...
. Ren belonged to the Shanghai School
''Haipai'' (, Shanghainese: ''hepha'', ; literally " hangai style") refers to the avant-garde but unique "East Meets West" culture from Shanghai in the 20th and 21st centuries. It is a part of the culture of Shanghai.
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in Chinese painting and is known for his bold and innovative style.
His brother was the painter Ren Xun
Ren Xun (; ca. 1835–1893) was a Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty.
Ren was born in Xiaoshan in Zhejiang province. Ren came from a family of artists, his brother was Ren Xiong. His paintings were primarily of human figures, done in the ...
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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.Meccarelli M., Foo Y., Flamminii Aand 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
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1823 births 1857 deaths Artists from Hangzhou Qing dynasty painters 19th-century Chinese painters Painters from Zhejiang Chinese male painters 19th-century male artists {{china-painter-stub