TJ’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

The Shadow of Wisdom I
Tianjin Ren (Chinese American, born 1962)

The Five Virtues
Ren Yi (Chinese, 1840-1895)

Mandarin Ducks and Lotus
Ren Yi (Chinese, 1840-1895)

Birds on Red Plum
Ren Yi (Chinese, 1840-1895)

Mynah and Lotus 鷯哥荷花圖
Ren Yi (Chinese, 1840–1895)

Roosters and Blossoming Apricots 雄鷄圖
Ren Yi 任頤 (Chinese, 1840-1895)

Paradise Flycatchers and Wisteria
Ren Yi (Chinese, 1840-1895)

Partridges and Bamboo 竹鳥圖
Ren Yi (Chinese, 1840–1895)

Parrot and Chrysanthemums
Attributed to Ren Yi (Chinese, 1840-1895)

Landscape with Figures
Ren Yi 任頤 (Chinese, 1840-1895)

Lotus (Ren)
Fujinuma Noboru Japanese, born 1945

Two Men and a Horse (Liangge ren he yipi ma)
Kang Ning Chinese, born 1950

People Coming through the Wall (Chuan qiang er guo de ren)
Zhang Minjie Chinese, born 1959

Marigold (Kinsenka) and Rashomon Flowers, from the series "Collection of Plants for the Kasumi Poetry Circle (Kasumi-ren somoku awase)"
Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820)

Sima Guang and Shibata Katsuie, from the series "Five Sibling Pictures of China and Japan for the Zakurogaki Group (Zakurogaki-ren goban no uchi wakan e-kyodai)"
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎 Japanese, 1760-1849

Tale of the Bamboo Cutter by Kose no Omi (Kose no Omi ga Taketori monogatari), from the series "A Picture Contest for the Sono Poetry Circle (Sono-ren e-awase)"
Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820)

Yellow Roses (Yae yamabuki) and Creeping Saxifrages (Yukinoshita), from the series "Collection of Plants for the Kasumi Poetry Circle (Kasumi-ren somoku awase)"
Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820)

Lin Xiangru and Kojima Takanori, from the series "Five Sibling Pictures of China and Japan for the Zakurogaki Group (Zakurogaki-ren goban no uchi wakan e-kyodai)"
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎 Japanese, 1760-1849