East Asian Art Solitary Wanderer at Longmen Made in China, AsiaYuan Dynasty (1271-1368), 1365 Ni Zan, Chinese, 1301 - 1374 Ink on paper; mounted as a hanging scroll Currently not on view 1929-40-172 Purchased with Museum funds from the Simkhovitch Collection, 1929 |
LabelNi Zan was considered the archetype of the Yuan dynasty literati painter. His dry brush and spare painting style, in which he pared all the elements down to their essence, became a primary model for both Chinese and Japanese literati painters. The inscription at the top narrates the event depicted: the solitary monk who wandered through the Buddhist grottoes at Longmen. |
