Education
He studied painting under Jin Nong and developed a unique personal style.
罗聘, 羅聘
He studied painting under Jin Nong and developed a unique personal style.
His courtesy name was Dunfu (遯夫) and his pseudonyms were Liangfeng (兩峰. Liǎngfēng; lit "Two Peaks") and Huazhisi Seng (花之寺僧. Huāzhisì Sēng; lit "Monk of the Temple of Flowers").
He refused government service to live a life of poverty selling paintings.
He was the youngest of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou. Luo Ping"s life began with loss and sadness.
His father died when Luo was just one year old, and his mother soon after. But from an early age the youth orphan was recognized as a talented poet and gained admission to the exclusive artistic circles of his home town, Yangzhou.
All painted plum blossoms, the family trade mark (罗家梅派).
The 70-year-old master took a great liking to the talented young man, who was in turn inspired by the emotional and expressive art of his mentor. Luo also painted pictures for Jin Nong, who signed them with his own name and sold them. In the second half of his life, Luo often visited the capital, Beijing, where he caused a sensation in the fashionable cultural scene.
On to a long painting scroll which he showed to everyone, he had painted ghosts and claimed to have seen such creatures with his own eyes: "Some expose teeth like melon seeds, and have fingers large as thighs." Luo died, highly esteemed, at the age of sixty-six.