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accession number:	1915.97.4
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url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.97.4
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Landscape, 1892. Ren Yu (Chinese, 1853–1901). Hanging scroll, color on paper; overall: 149.8 x 40.7 cm (59 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Charles L. Freer 1915.97.4

title:				Landscape
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creation date:			1892
creation date earliest:		1892
creation date latest:		1892
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creditline:			Gift of Charles L. Freer
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culture:	China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
technique:	hanging scroll, color on paper
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Ren Yu (Chinese, 1853–1901)  - artist
Ren Yu 任預 (1853–1901) was the youngest, most eccentric, and least prolific of the Four Rens (Ren Xiong, Ren Xun, and Ren Yi [Bonian]) a family of prominent painters in Shanghai during the late Qing dynasty (1644–1911).
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measurements: Overall: 149.8 x 40.7 cm (59 x 16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Chinese Gallery 240a Rotation – August 2016
	opening date:   2016-08-01T04:00:00
	<i>Chinese Gallery 240a Rotation – August 2016</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 1, 2016-February 6, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Charles Lang Freer (1854–1919), Detroit, MI, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1915
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1915-
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wall description:
This seasonal landscape is from a set of four hanging scrolls by Ren Yu. He was the youngest, most eccentric, and least prolific of the Four Rens, a family of prominent painters in Shanghai during the late Qing dynasty (1644–1911). Perhaps due to his opium habit and subsequent financial difficulties, Ren Yu tended to be lackadaisical in his work. The few remaining high-quality paintings hint at his artistic potential lost to opium. <br><br>Though Ren’s premature death left his artistic promise unfulfilled, his paintings were acquired and donated to the museum by Charles Lang Freer (1854–1919), a wealthy businessman and art collector from Detroit. As Freer had hoped, this donation of Ren Yu paintings inspired the young Cleveland Museum of Art to continue to expand its own Chinese painting collection.
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