Chen Rong (painter) explained

Chen Rong
(陳容)
Birth Name:陳容
Birth Date:1200
Known For:Depictions of dragons
Notable Works:Nine Dragons

Chen Rong (;  - 1266)[1] was a Chinese painter and politician of the Southern Song dynasty celebrated for his depictions of dragons. The Nine Dragons handscroll in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, bearing a date of 1244, is attributed to Chen.[2] [3] The Five Dragons handscroll in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, is also attributed to Chen Rong. [4] A longer version of the Five Dragons, also attributed to Chen Rong, is in the Tokyo National Museum. [5] The Eleven Dragons painting in the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art was formerly attributed to Chen Rong, but now is assigned to the Ming dynasty period. [6] In March 2017, the Six Dragons handscroll, attributed to Chen Rong, was sold by Osaka's Fujita Art Museum at Christie's for almost $49 million.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Barnhart, R. M. et al. (1997). Three thousand years of Chinese painting. New Haven, Yale University Press. . Page 372. Chen Rong's style name was Suoweng (所翁)
  2. http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?recview=true&id=28526&coll_keywords=chen+rong&coll_accession=&coll_name=&coll_artist=&coll_place=&coll_medium=&coll_culture=&coll_classification=&coll_credit=&coll_provenance=&coll_location=&coll_has_images=&coll_on_view=&coll_sort=0&coll_sort_order=0&coll_view=0&coll_package=0&coll_start=1 Nine Dragon's Scroll
  3. East Asian Scroll Paintings. University of Chicago Center for Art of East Asia. Nine Dragons. Chen Rong. https://scrolls.uchicago.edu/view-scroll/49
  4. East Asian Scroll Paintings. University of Chicago Center for Art of East Asia. Five Dragons. Chen Rong. https://scrolls.uchicago.edu/view-scroll/168
  5. Five Dragons (五龍圖) Attributed to Chen Rong (陳容, first half of 13th c.), Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) Handscroll, ink and light color on paper, 45.2 x 299.5 cm, Tokyo National Museum. http://www.chinaonlinemuseum.com/painting-chen-rong-five-dragons.php
  6. Eleven Dragons. https://asia.si.edu/object/F1919.173/
  7. "‘My highlight of 2017’ — The Fujita Museum Six Dragons scroll" https://www.christies.com/features/2017-highlight-Fujita-Museum-dragon-scroll-8799-1.aspx

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