signed BONIANRENYI，inscribed，and with two seals of the artist dated Renshen year（1872） ink and color on paper, hanging scroll Ren Yi (1840–1896)，also known as Ren Bonian, was a painter.He was born in Zhejiang,but after the death of his father in 1855 he lived in Shanghai.This move placed him in a more urban world that was exposed to Western thinking.In Shanghai he became a member of the Shanghai School which fused popular and traditional styles.Ren Bonian ranked with Ren Xiong, Ren Xun and Ren Yu as the "Four Rens."