Ren Yi (Chinese: 任頤; 1840–1896), also known as Ren Bonian, was a painter and son of a rice merchant who supplemented his income by doing portraits.
He was born in Zhejiang, but after the death of his father in 1855 he lived in Shanghai.
This move placed him in a more urban world that was exposed to Western thinking.
In his earlier career the Song dynasty painters influenced him, but later on he favored a freer style influenced by the works of Zhu Da.
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