Gang Se-hwang
Gang Se-hwang | |
![]() Self portrait of Kang Sehwang | |
Korean name | |
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Hangul | 강세황 |
Hanja | 姜世晃 |
Revised Romanization | Kang Sehwang |
McCune–Reischauer | Kang Sehwang |
Pen name | |
Hangul | 표암, 첨재 |
Hanja | 豹菴 |
Revised Romanization | Pyoam, Cheomjae |
McCune–Reischauer | P'yoam, Ch'ŏmjae |
Courtesy name | |
Hangul | 광지 |
Hanja | 光之 |
Revised Romanization | Gwangji |
McCune–Reischauer | Kwangji |
Kang Sehwang (1713–1791) was a high government official but also a representative painter, calligrapher and art critic of the mid Joseon period. He was born in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, the son of Kang Hyeon. He entered royal service at over sixty years old. Kang pursued and established ("paintings by people of culture", referring to the Korean seonbi or literati upper-class) with his own creativity. He helped to develop the 'true view' style of painting and was a teacher of Kim Hongdo. [1]
Gallery[]
Yeongtong donggudo
See also[]
- Korean painting
- List of Korean painters
- Korean art
- Korean culture
- List of Korea-related topics
References[]
- ^ Pratt, p.197
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gang Se-hwang. |
- Brief biography of Kang Sehwang and gallery (in Korean)
- Brief biography of Kang Sehwang[permanent dead link] (in Korean)
- Arts of Korea, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Gang Sehwang
Categories:
- 1713 births
- 1791 deaths
- 18th-century Korean painters
- 18th-century Korean calligraphers
- Korean people stubs
- Asian painter stubs