Chen Rong (painter)
Chinese painter from the Song Dynasty
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| Intro | Chinese painter from the Song Dynasty | |
| A.K.A. | hao Suoweng zi Gongchu Ch'en Jung | |
| A.K.A. | hao Suoweng zi Gongchu Ch'en Jung | |
| Places | China | |
| was | Painter Poet | |
| Work field | Arts Literature | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1200, Changle, Fuzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China | |
| Death | 1 January 1266 (aged 66 years) |
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Chen Rong (simplified Chinese: 陈容; traditional Chinese: 陳容; pinyin: Chén Róng; Wade–Giles: Ch'en Jung; ca. 1200–1266) was a painter 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. The Five Dragons handscroll in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, is also attributed to Chen Rong.