Gimjeonghui Pil Buriseonrando

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.2221

Category

Painting

Era

1850년대

Designated year

2023

Location

용산구, 서울특별시— 서울특별시 용산구 서빙고로 137 (용산동6가, 국립중앙박물관)

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Kim Jeonghuibil Buri Seonrando (Kim Jeonghui's Painting of Orchids in Non-Duality) is the final orchid painting by Kim Jeonghui (1786-1856), who had enjoyed painting ink orchids since his teens. Kim Jeonghui was deeply passionate about orchid painting among the literati arts from an early age; this work is not a painting drawn by painting technique but by calligraphic technique, visually embodying his theory that orchid painting must be executed through the brushwork methods of calligraphy. The painting was created as a gift for a person named Daljun. An orchid is depicted at the center of the composition in light diluted ink, and around it Kim Jeonghui inscribed four sets of poem verses and prose notations at an exceptionally high level of dignity rare in the history of painting. The calligraphy employs a mixture of several scripts including official script (yeseo) and others, with great variation in character size. Fifteen seals are impressed on the composition: four belonging to Kim Jeonghui, two to Kim Seokjun (1831-1915), six to Jang Taeksang (1893-1969), two to Son Jaeheong (1902-1981), and one unidentified. Kim Jeonghuibil Buri Seonrando is a masterpiece that embodies Kim Jeonghui's calligraphy-based painting philosophy and stands as one of the most celebrated works in Korean literati art history.