Realm of the immortals17th century
Li Gonglin painted this in 17th century. It is now at the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC. More about this work
About this work
Li Gonglin painted this in 17th century. It is now at the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC.
How it was made
- Ink on paper
- Ink made from soot and animal glue, ground with water on an inkstone. A single brush can give a hair-fine line or a broad wash, and nothing can be corrected.
Li Gonglin
ca. 1049–1106
Li Gonglin was a scholar-official of the Northern Song dynasty and one of the most admired painters in Chinese history. A friend of the poet Su Shi, he raised baimiao, painting in pure ink outline without colour, to a scholarly art, depicting horses, Buddhist and Daoist figures and illustrations of classical texts. His Five Horses scroll is especially celebrated, and for centuries later painters copied and emulated his manner.
Written by Ochre Editions.
Chinese painting
Ink and colour on silk and paper, from imperial courts to scholars' retreats.
Rights and the museum’s record
Public domain. The National Museum of Asian Art has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.
- Object number
- F1918.13
- Credit
- Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
- Type
- Painting
- Department
- National Museum of Asian Art
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Museum record
- See it on the museum’s site
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