Jeong Seon

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Jeong Seon was a prominent Korean painter of the Joseon dynasty, renowned for pioneering a distinctive style of true-view landscape painting based on actual Korean scenery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Joseon dynasty painter
Korean painter
painter
person
activePeriod 18th century
late 17th century
alternativeName Gyeomjae
겸재
artisticStyle realistic depiction of Korean scenery
true-view landscape
birthYear 1676
countryOfCitizenship Joseon
Korea
culturalContext Joseon Confucian culture
linked to: Korean Confucianism
deathYear 1759
developedFrom Chinese landscape painting tradition
emphasized local Korean topography
realistic observation of nature
era mid-Joseon period
fieldOfWork Korean painting
landscape art
genre landscape painting
hasHonorificTitle Gyeomjae
influenced later Korean landscape painters
influencedBy Chinese literati painting
knownFor depicting actual Korean locations
pioneering true-view landscape painting in Korea
language Korean
movement Korean landscape painting
true-view landscape painting
name Jeong Seon
nationality Korean
nativeName 정선
notableWork Geumgang jeondo
Inwangjesaekdo
Pictures of the Diamond Mountains
occupation government official
painter
partOf Joseon dynasty
linked to: Joseon
placeOfBirth Hanyang
linked to: Hanseong

Seoul
placeOfDeath Hanyang
linked to: Hanseong

Seoul
styleCharacteristic detailed rendering of mountains and rocks
dynamic composition
strong brushwork
subjectOf Korean art history studies
usedMedium brush and ink on paper
ink painting

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Jeong notableBearer Jeong Seon
Jeong Seon name Jeong Seon