![A painting created by an orangutan at a zoo in Nanjing, East China’s Jiangsu province. Leshen, a 19-year-old orangutan at Hongshan Forest Zoo can use a brush to create pictures. After being trained to use brush and pigments, the orangutan chose colors it liked and created six artworks. (Photo: China News Service/ Chen Yuanyuan)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/11/27/2707bfe42d1241e0a48cf44b61cd422d.jpg)
A painting created by an orangutan at a zoo in Nanjing, East China’s Jiangsu province. Leshen, a 19-year-old orangutan at Hongshan Forest Zoo can use a brush to create pictures. After being trained to use brush and pigments, the orangutan chose colors it liked and created six artworks. (Photo: China News Service/ Chen Yuanyuan)
![Leshen, a 19-year-old orangutan uses a brush to create a picture at a zoo in Nanjing, East China’s Jiangsu province. After being trained to use brush and pigment, the orangutan chose colors it liked and created six artworks. (Photo: China News Service/ Chen Yuanyuan)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/11/27/a799dcc5eaf9497d8e4a23ea866b8390.jpg)
Leshen, a 19-year-old orangutan uses a brush to create a picture at a zoo in Nanjing, East China’s Jiangsu province. After being trained to use brush and pigment, the orangutan chose colors it liked and created six artworks. (Photo: China News Service/ Chen Yuanyuan)
![A painting created by an orangutan at a zoo in Nanjing, East China’s Jiangsu province. Leshen, a 19-year-old orangutan at Hongshan Forest Zoo can use a brush to create pictures. After being trained to use brush and pigments, the orangutan chose colors it liked and created six artworks. (Photo: China News Service/ Chen Yuanyuan)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/11/27/091e6c95acd24bac892ec6363f6fc95d.jpg)
A painting created by an orangutan at a zoo in Nanjing, East China’s Jiangsu province. Leshen, a 19-year-old orangutan at Hongshan Forest Zoo can use a brush to create pictures. After being trained to use brush and pigments, the orangutan chose colors it liked and created six artworks. (Photo: China News Service/ Chen Yuanyuan)
![A painting created by an orangutan at a zoo in Nanjing, East China’s Jiangsu province. Leshen, a 19-year-old orangutan at Hongshan Forest Zoo can use a brush to create pictures. After being trained to use brush and pigments, the orangutan chose colors it liked and created six artworks. (Photo: China News Service/ Chen Yuanyuan)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/11/27/80379b2098644933acbd8f9d58b37544.jpg)
A painting created by an orangutan at a zoo in Nanjing, East China’s Jiangsu province. Leshen, a 19-year-old orangutan at Hongshan Forest Zoo can use a brush to create pictures. After being trained to use brush and pigments, the orangutan chose colors it liked and created six artworks. (Photo: China News Service/ Chen Yuanyuan)