Eccentric Visions: The Worlds of Luo Ping (1733–1799)
October 6, 2009–January 10, 2010
Luo Ping (1733–1799) was one of the most versatile, original, and celebrated artists in eighteenth-century China. The youngest of the so-called Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, he was a fiercely independent artist whose works—including portraits, landscapes, and flower paintings—deeply influenced the course of later Chinese painting. Organized by the Museum Rietberg, Zurich, the exhibition, which consists of thirty-seven paintings by Luo Ping, members of his family, and his mentor Jin Nong, is drawn primarily from leading museums in China and features a number of National Treasures that have never been shown in the West. In New York it is complemented by about a dozen works from the Museum's collection and from several local private lenders.
The exhibition is made possible by Credit Suisse.
Additional support is provided by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation.
The exhibition was organized by the Museum Rietberg, Zurich.
