IMAGES OF EREMITISM: HERMITS IN ART

Hermits in Art: Asia
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Wall paintings from Wat Phra Kaew or Emerald Buddha Temple, Bangkok, Thailand;
from the Ramayana LearnNC project

  1. Forest hermit on stone platform teaching (Rama is green-skinned).
  2. Evil Ravana disguised as elderly hermit abducts Sita.
  3. Escaped Sita accompanies forest hermit to safety.
  4. Hermit instructs Sita's son.
  5. Another hermit instructs Sita and her son.
  6. Hermit counsels Rama.
Hermits of Japan
  1. Enno Gyoja (traditional 6th cent.)
  2. Basho (1644-1694)
  3. Kamo no Chomei (1153-1216)
  4. Ryokan (1758-1831)
  5. Saigyo (1118-1190)
Hermits of Central Asia
 
  1. Milarepa (1052-1135) - Tibet
  2. Shabkar (1781-1851) - Tibet
  3. Bahubali, at Shravanbelagola, India (10th century)
  4. Bahubali, at Karkala, India (16th century)
  5. "Courtier and Hermit" from Khamseh of Amir Khosrow, Herat school miniature, attributed to Behzad, 1485
Hermits in Art: West

  1. Antony of Egypt (251-356)
  2. medieval anchoress, from British Museum
  3. Ansoald, bishop of Poitiers, visits a hermit, from Bibliotheque Nationale de France
  4. Montserrat hermit, from Voyage pittoresque et historique de l'Espagne by
    Alexandre de Laborde (1773-1842). Provided by a friend of Hermitary at Our Lady of Montserrat Monastery, Spain.
  5. same as 4.
  6. Odin the Wanderer as Vegtam (20th century drawing)
  7. Roger Crab (17th century England)
  8. Robert Voorhis (19th century U.S.)
  9. Amos Wilson (19th century U.S.)

See also: Images of Eremitism: Hermit Dwellings