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
Jinju () is a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It was the location of the first (1592) and second (1593) Sieges of Jinju by Japanese forces during the Imjin War. The Republic of Korea Air Force Education and Training Command is ...
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Gyeongsangnam-do
South Gyeongsang Province ( ko, 경상남도, translit=Gyeongsangnam-do, ) is a province in the southeast of South Korea. The provincial capital is at Changwon. It is adjacent to the major metropolitan center and port of Busan. The UNESCO World H ...
, the son of Kang Hyeon. He entered royal service at over sixty years old. Kang pursued and established ''
muninhwa'' ("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.
[ Pratt, p.197]
Gallery
File:Korea-Kang Sehwang-Yeongtong donggudo.jpg, ''Yeongtong donggudo''
See also
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Korean painting
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List of Korean painters
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Korean art
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Korean culture
The traditional culture of Korea is the shared cultural and historical heritage of Korea and southern Manchuria before the division of Korea in 1945. Manchuria refers to the ancient geographical and historical region in Northeast Asia, includ ...
References
External links
Brief biography of Kang Sehwang and gallery(in Korean)
Brief biography of Kang Sehwang(in Korean)
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Arts of Korea-
Arts of Korea an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Gang Sehwang
1713 births
1791 deaths
18th-century Korean painters
18th-century Korean calligraphers
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