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The basics
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Chinese artist
A.K.A.
Jiang Hong, Jiang Tao, Liuqi Jiang, Hongren, Jianjiangxueren, Meihuaguna, Wuzhi, Jianjiang zi Wuzhi, Jianjiang Jiang, Hung-jen, Jianjiangdashi, Jianjiangseng, Meihua guna, Jianjiang, Hong-ren
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Male
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(Anhui)
The details
Biography
Hong Ren, who is also known as Hongren, (Chinese: 弘仁; 1610-1663) was an early Qing painter and a member of the Anhui (or Xin'an) school of painting. His birth name was Jiang Fang. After the fall of the Ming dynasty he became a monk, as did Zhu Da, Shitao, and Kun Can. They protested the fall of the Ming dynasty by becoming monks. Hong Ren's style has been said to "[represent] the world in a dematerialized, cleansed version ... revealing his personal peace through the liberating form of geometric abstraction."