Ren Renfa

Who was Ren Renfa?

Ren Renfa, courtesy name Ziming, pseudonym Yueshan Daoren, was an expert of irrigation works, artist, and a government official during the Yuan Dynasty. He was born in the Qinglong Zhen district of Songjiang.

Ren drew some outstanding paintings of horses, people, flowers and birds. Ren's style is similar to the artists of the Tang Dynasty and Li Gongling in Song Dynasty. His paintings of horses are comparable to those by Zhao Mengfu.

Ren's hydrological works include dredging the 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.