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Ren Weiyin

 
 

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1918

Ren Weiyin ( 1918-1994 ) was born on May 19 in Kunming, Yunnan Province,
  China.
   
 

Orphan of mother, very young, then of father, he was raised by his uncle.

 

He studied at Xinhua Art College, under the guidance of Pan Tianshou, Zhu Lezhi

  and  Huang Binhong.
   
 

He continued his studies at the Shanghai Institute of Painting Research.

1937

After graduating, he left Shanghai for labor services in the Nachang countryside,

 

Jiangxi Province.

   

 

He joined the army, and became the military correspondent and editor of the

  military newpaper.
   

 

Sick, he retired from the army and went to Kunming where he taught in different

 

etablishments, then in Chongqing, at the Southwest and National Art College.
   
 

For two years, he was the editor of the travel journal, of the affiliated Bank-China
travel agency, in Shanghai.

   
  After the liberation of Shanghai, he created an Art Studio with many students.
   

1961

Suspected as a capitalist, he was forced to close his studio and relocated

 

with his family, in a forced labor camp in Yumen, Gansu Province.

   
 

Famine occurring, they escaped back to Shanghai. He made a living, repairing

  shoes.
   

1978

He was employed at the Shanghai Culture and History Institution.

 

Sign of political rehabilitation, an exhibition was dedicated to him.

   

1979

Invited in an exhibition in Guangdong, his work was selected for the First National

 

Oil Painting exhibition and in the New York Chinese Art Festival.

   

 1991

The Shanghai Museum organized an exhibition with 14 Paintings.

 

He was invited to the United States by the Washington Audio-Visual Center..

 

He hold exhibitions in several New York galleries.

   

1994

He passed away at the age of 74 years.
   
   
 

Danièle Sicard

   
   
   
  Exhibitions  selection

1937

solo exhibition in Nanchang and Qingnianui

1978

solo exhibition  the Shanghai Culture and History Institution  Shanghai  China

1991

solo exhibition  ( 14 paintings )  Shanghai Art Museum Shanghai  China

2010

23.04 Great Retrospective  Shanghai Art Museum  Shanghai  China

   

 
 

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