Ruan Xingshan

MutualArt lists Ruan Xingshan as a Chinese artist born in 1891 and states that he died in 1974, giving only the years, with no month, day, birthplace, or education. This is the only source located for these facts, and it has not been independently corroborated by a second outlet, so the dates should be treated as provisional. Several other people named Ruan surfaced during research, including the architect and academic Xing Ruan, Dean and Guangqi Chair Professor of Architecture at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and the imprisoned blogger Ruan Xiaohuan. Neither uses the exact name Ruan Xingshan, and neither was treated as a match for this profile. Given the possibility of an alternate romanization or a Chinese-character spelling not covered by this research pass, a fuller biographical record may exist elsewhere.

No reviews, catalogue essays, or named-critic commentary about an artist called Ruan Xingshan were located in major art press during this research pass. No quotation is reproduced here because none could be verified against a named critic and outlet.

The only auction result located for this name is reported by MutualArt: a work titled Plum and Calligraphy, which the site describes as the record price for this artist since 2005, at USD 6,128, sold at XiLingYinShe Auction Co. Ltd. in 2023. MutualArt does not publish the exact sale date, sale location, or a lot-by-lot history, and no other price database or auction-house archive was found to confirm this result or to identify a second or third highest sale. Because MutualArt is the only source, this figure should be read as the highest price documented in that database since 2005, not as a fully corroborated all-time record.

The identity behind this name is currently supported by a single art-market database rather than by gallery, museum, or multi-source auction confirmation, and no catalogue raisonne or authentication program has been identified. Anyone considering a purchase under the name Ruan Xingshan should independently verify the artist's identity, including checking for a Chinese-character spelling and possible confusion with other individuals who share the Ruan surname, and should corroborate any attribution with primary documentation from the seller and, where possible, the auction house that handled the 2023 sale.