The Eighteen Lohans

Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Eighteen Lohans

Leng MeiLinkedCulture matchlcp-adeaf842f094

Date
c. 1690
Medium
Ink and color on paper
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
45524

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This highly imaginative series of paintings depicts the eighteen Buddhist Luohan with heavily distorted features in almost cartoonlike imagery. Luohan, also knowns as arhats, are enlightened disciples of Buddha and protectors of the Buddhist law. The artist Leng Mei was a leading court artist capable of a superb outline style ( baimiao ) and brilliantly colored figures that display Western-style modeling in facial features and shadows. Leng’s extraordinary fantasy beasts, the Luohan's vehicles and sidekicks, possess a nightmarish charm that is humorous and original. China, Asia

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Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton

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