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Landscape with People

Gim Myeong-gukAround 1600

Seokdang Museum of Dong-A University

Seokdang Museum of Dong-A University
Busan, South Korea

A farmer in loosened shirts is lying on the back of an unyoked ox and leisurely taking a rest under a tree. ‘A man lying on the back of an ox’ is a somewhat unique object of paintings. He lies back comfortably and even has an ascetic appearance apparently not worrying for aliving. The object has a thread of connection with unworldly objects of figure paintings in landscapes which prevailed during the mid-Joseon dynasty.It is a typical Che-school painting in which the mountain formed the background, and a figure was located in the foreground center of the painting. The painting shows the distinguished Che-school signature images of the mid-Joseon dynasty, including the composition depicting a figure with mountains and trees for background and filling the white space. The tree drawing technique associated with Haejomyois recognizable for the ‘crab-claw’ branches of a tree, the mountainsand rocks with a striking contrast between black and white, an ascetic posture of a figure, and the lines of clothes. The painting bore thepainter Kim Myeong-guk’s (1600-?) tidy stroke of signature ‘Yeondam’in the upper right-hand corner. Kim Myeong-guk was a representative painter who painted Che-school style of many figure paintings inlandscape with bold strokes and distinguished coloring technique in the 17th century. The painting is a typical Che-school style of figure painting in landscape, depicting the pleasure of a free life in seclusion.

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  • Title: Landscape with People
  • Creator: Attributed to Myeungguk Kim
  • Date: Around 1600
  • Physical Dimensions: w55.3 x h113.4 cm
  • Provenance: Seokdang Museum of Dong-A University
  • Type: Ink on Hemp
Seokdang Museum of Dong-A University

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