Gimhongdo Pil Byeongjinnyeon Album of Paintings

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.782

Category

Painting

Era

조선시대

Designated year

1984

Location

용산구, 서울특별시— 서울 용산구 이태원로55길 60-16, 삼성미술관 리움 (한남동)

Coordinates

37.536528, 126.996187

This is a picture album of the famous painter, Kim Hong-do (pen-name Danwon, 1745~?) from mid Joseon. The 20 pages of the album contain his landscape and genre painting. Each picture measures 36.6cm by 26.7cm. He created a large number of pictures and was very good at many kinds of painting including landscapes, portraits and pictures of mountain spirits. He drew these pictures in this album in the spring of 1796, the 20th year of King Jeongjo, when he was 51. He painted them lightly on Korean paper with India ink, and attached thick, crisp paper behind the pictures, making 10 pictures in one set. This album is composed of two sets and one can open and see each page. Apart from accomplishing many literary works, Danwon also broke new ground in landscape painting and paintings of flowers and birds. A picture of Sainam Rock, one of the 8 scenic views of Danyang, which is believed to have been painted by him, shows his unique style. In this picture, the rock is shown in close-up, filling the whole frame. This is a valuable artwork for studying the style of Danwon, with the artist using dots of varying size and densities and freely drawn lines.

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