China: The Chinese deity 'Zhong Kui', vanquisher of ghosts and other evils. Hanging scroll painting by Ren Yi (1840-1896), 1883. (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Ren Yi (1840-1896), also known as Ren Bonian, was a Chinese painter born in Zhejiang during the Qing Dynasty era. He moved to Shanghai in 1855 after the death of his father, which exposed him to Western thinking within a more urban environment. He became a member of the Shanghai School, fusing popular and traditional styles. He is sometimes referred to as one of the 'Four Rens'.

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