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Jeong Seon (Gyeomjae)

Painter who pioneered “true-view” landscapes of Korea’s own scenery; his masterpieces include Inwang jesaekdo and Geumgang jeondo

Breaking with idealised landscapes in the Chinese manner, he travelled to the Diamond Mountains and around Hanyang to paint them from life. His Inwang jesaekdo of 1751 shows Inwangsan after rain in heavy ink, and Geumgang jeondo gathers the whole of the Diamond Mountains into a single circular composition. Painters who followed his style formed the Gyeomjae school.

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2 related events

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    1734Jeong Seon’s Complete View of the Diamond Mountainscreator

    Jeong Seon gathered the peaks of the Inner Diamond Mountains into one circular composition — a true-view landscape with sharp lines for rock and soft ink dots for earthen hills.

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    1751Jeong Seon’s Inwang jesaekdocreator

    Jeong Seon painted Mount Inwang as the mist lifts after rain — a masterpiece of “true-view” landscape painting drawn from Korea’s own scenery.

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  • The Course of Korean PaintingAD 450 – 1897

    From Goguryeo tomb murals to Jang Seung-eop — daily life and guardian deities, Goryeo Buddhist painting, early Joseon landscapes, true-view landscapes and genre painting, literati and folk painting