任预（1853—1901），一名豫，字立凡，浙江萧山人，任熊子。擅画山水、人物、花鸟，无所不精。在任熊（1823—1857）、任预、任薰（1835—1893）及任颐（1840—1895）“四任”中，最为年轻。由于其父任熊逝世时他仅四岁，因此在画风上没有机会受到父亲的直接影响。

少即懒嬉不肯学画，熊以为恨。及熊殁，遗稿尽为倪田所得，立凡转自别家借临，然亦不肯竟学。其画纯以天分秀出尘表，正如王谢子弟虽复拖沓奕奕，自有一种风趣。笔墨初无师承，尽变任氏宗派。其山水中加人物、树石，位置衣貌，配合尤能出新。花卉能为宋人钩勒，根叶奇崛。画女子则秀媚天然，不事绚染，惟互面淡妆而已。胥口张氏尝邀至其家，为画长卷，经年始竣。然懒病不改，非极贫至窘不画，亦不肯通幅完好，非诣有所弗至，性使然耳。得者转称为奇构。得赵之谦指授，亦善刻印。卒年四十九。

 《十二生肖图》册——《兔》，清，任预绘，纸本，设色，纵32cm，横38cm。

　　画心右下角钤“立凡”朱文方印。

　　此图采用左、右角上下呼应式构图，三只小白兔及竹叶居于画面左下角，一轮明月高悬画面右上角，明月的非完整式构图颇有现代艺术风格。所绘白兔造型准确，任预运用中国传统的晕染技法，将白兔的形体立体感表现得淋漓尽致，兔子红色的双眼更是起到了点睛激活的作用。竹叶为墨线双勾填色，圆润的线条与月、兔模糊的线描形成实与虚的对比，而其青翠的绿色则丰富了全图的色调，也为画面增添了清新的活力。

 Renyu (1853 - 1901), a Henan native of Xiaoshan, Zhejiang Province, Ren Xiongzi. He is good at painting landscapes, figures, flowers and birds. Among the four "appointments" of Ren Xiong (1823-1857), Ren Zhu, Ren Xun (1835-1893) and Ren Yi (1840-1895), Ren is the youngest. Since he was only four years old when his father, Ren Xiong, died, he had no chance to be directly influenced by his father in painting style.

Less is lazy and unwilling to learn painting. Bears think they hate it. As for Xiong Ji, the manuscripts are all Nitian's earnings. He refuses to learn even if he turns to another family to borrow them. His paintings show the dust with genius, just as Wang Xie's son, though protracted, has a kind of fun. Initially there was no inheritance of pen and ink, and Ren's sect was changed to the fullest extent. Its landscape with characters, trees and rocks, location and appearance, especially with the new. Flowers can be used for the Song Dynasty, and their roots and leaves are strange. Painting women are beautiful and natural, nothing is gorgeous, only light makeup on each other. Xukou Zhang's family was invited to his home for a long scroll of paintings, which was completed over the years. Nevertheless, laziness and illness remain unchanged, neither extreme poverty nor embarrassment can be painted, nor can the whole picture be intact, neither attainment nor attainment lead to enlightenment. The winner is referred to as a singularity. He was instructed by Zhao Zhiqian and was good at engraving. The year of death was forty-nine.

"Twelve Zodiac Pictures" - Rabbit, Qing Dynasty, Ren Pre-painted, paper, color, 32 cm vertical and 38 cm horizontal.

Zhu Wenfang's seal of "Li Fan" in the lower right corner of the painting heart.

The picture is composed of three rabbits and bamboo leaves in the lower left corner of the picture. A bright moon hangs high in the upper right corner of the picture. The incomplete composition of the moon has a modern artistic style. The model of the white rabbit is accurate, and the traditional halo dyeing technique is used to express the three-dimensional sense of the white rabbit vividly. The red eyes of the rabbit play an active role. Bamboo leaves are filled with ink lines. Round lines contrast with the blurred lines of moon and rabbit. The green color of bamboo leaves enriches the tone of the whole picture and adds fresh vitality to the picture.