Chinese Taoist Painting

An unusual 41 person Taoist painting depicting various deities in halo silhouettes and as horse warriors.

The Taoist philosophy is indigenous to China.  Formed in the late Bronze Age, it has a history of over 2,000 years and it exercised a deep and lasting influence on Chinese painting, calligraphy, poetry, medicine, political theory and personal conducts.  Tao (pronounced “dao”) means road and is often translated as “the way”.