Kang Sehwang

Kang Sehwang
Self portrait of Kang Sehwang
Korean name
Hangul	강세황
Hanja	姜世晃
Revised Romanization	Gang Sehwang
McCune–Reischauer	Kang Sehwang
Art name
Hangul	표암, 첨재
Hanja	豹菴
Revised Romanization	Pyoam, Cheomjae
McCune–Reischauer	P'yoam, Ch'ŏmjae
Courtesy name
Hangul	광지
Hanja	光之
Revised Romanization	Gwangji
McCune–Reischauer	Kwangji

Kang Sehwang (Korean: 강세황; Hanja: 姜世晃; 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, South Gyeongsang Province, the son of Kang Hyŏn. 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.

Gallery

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  Yeongtong donggudo

See also

• Korean painting
• List of Korean painters
• Korean art
• Korean culture

External links

• Brief biography of Kang Sehwang and gallery (in Korean)
• Brief biography of Kang Sehwang (in Korean)
• Arts of Korea, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Kang Sehwang