Ren Renfa, 1254 – 1327

Ren Renfa: The 3 Most Famous Paintings

Three Horses and Four Grooms (1318) is the most famous painting by Ren Renfa, held by the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland. Leading Horses out of Stable and A Fat and a Thin Horse are the next two works the world knows best. From the 3 works of Ren Renfa in our catalogue, here are the 3 that collectors and museum visitors look at most, with the year, the museum and the story of each.

Ranking oparty na naszym wskaźniku popularności, który łączy liczbę wyszukiwań, wizyt oraz zamówień dla każdego dzieła. Aktualizacja: Październik 2026. Every masterpiece on this page can be ordered as a museum-quality, hand-painted oil reproduction or a fine art print, at the size you choose.

Portret Ren Renfa
Ren Renfa · 1254 – 1327
Urodzony · zmarł
1254 – 1327, China
Dzieła w naszym katalogu
3
Najsłynniejsze
Three Horses and Four Grooms (1318)
Najwięcej dzieł w
The Palace Museum

Top 10: Ren Renfa's best-known paintings

Where to see Ren Renfa's paintings

2 muzeów, w których znajduje się najwięcej obrazów z tej strony.

Muzeum Miasto Dzieła artysty Ren Renfa Obrazy z tej listy
The Palace Museum, BeijingThe Palace Museum Beijing 2 Leading Horses out of Stable, A Fat and a Thin Horse
Cleveland Museum of Art, ClevelandCleveland Museum of Art Cleveland 1 Three Horses and Four Grooms

Ren Renfa through the years: the masterpieces of each year

1318 is the year of every dated Ren Renfa masterpiece on this page: here they are, in order of fame.

  1. 1318

Ren Renfa's paintings: frequently asked questions

What is the most famous Ren Renfa painting?Show the answer

Three Horses and Four Grooms (1318), Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Next come Leading Horses out of Stable and A Fat and a Thin Horse.

At what age did Ren Renfa paint Three Horses and Four Grooms?Show the answer

64 years old: Three Horses and Four Grooms dates from 1318 and Ren Renfa was born in 1254.

How many paintings by Ren Renfa are there?Show the answer

Our catalogue lists 3 works by Ren Renfa.

Where can I see the most famous Ren Renfa paintings?Show the answer

Most of them are in The Palace Museum (Beijing) i Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland). The table above lists the museums one by one.

What Ren Renfa paintings does the The Palace Museum hold?Show the answer

Leading Horses out of Stable i A Fat and a Thin Horse are among the 2 works on this page held by the The Palace Museum, Beijing.

Where can I buy a Ren Renfa reproduction?Show the answer

Yes. Every painting on this page can be ordered as a museum-quality, hand-painted oil reproduction or a fine art print, in the size you choose, from the painting's own page.

Ren Renfa: biography

Ren Renfa: Artist and Official

Ren Renfa was an expert of irrigation works, artist, and a government official of the Yuan dynasty. Born in Qinglong Town, Songjiang, he also served as a hydrological engineer, where his work included dredging an area in what is now Beijing to improve the water supply and leading a team to build embankments after the Yellow River burst its banks.

Notable Works

His paintings include subjects such as horses, people, flowers, and birds. One prominent work is Chu Yu Tu (Coming out of the Stable), a painting on silk with color that depicts three officials of the royal stables leading four horses out of a stable. The figures in this work are dressed in Tang style costumes.

Another significant work is Five Drunken Princes Returning on Horseback, a two-metre scroll depicting five princes on horseback with four attendants. This piece includes Li Longji, who later became the Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang dynasty. Ren Renfa also produced the work Fat and Lean Horses, which contains an inscription explaining that the fat horse represents the self-satisfied, wealthy official while the lean one represents the humble, poor, self-deprecating official.

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