Ren Yi (1840-1895) was one of the most accomplished and influential Shanghai painters of the late nineteenth century. He produced a great deal of artwork, much of it figure painting. This thesis will examine the economic aspect of Ren Yi’s figure paintings in terms of the circumstances under which the artworks were produced, their subject matter, style, and historical background. Ren’s figure painting was done not just for art’s sake, but in a broad sense for a commercial purpose, specifically for the ready art market in Shanghai. Such commercialism is best manifested in three categories of Ren’s figure painting, i.e. portraits, narratives depicting mythological, legendary and historical figures, and genre scenes of ordinary people…
Author: Li, Tang
Source: University of Maryland
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