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Sumitap Rock
Attributed to Kim Hongdo (artist name: Danwon) Korean
Not on view
One of the most significant Joseon-period court painters and today best known for his genre paintings featuring the working class, Kim Hongdo forms a counterpart to Jeong Seon in shaping the eighteenth-century pictorial tradition around the Diamond Mountains. Kim traveled to the famed region in 1788 on the order of King Jeongjo; the product of that trip does not survive, however. Indeed, a relatively small number of his illustrations of Mount Geumgang remain today. The artist’s signature and seal on this work may have been added later. The elegant style of the painting strongly reflects Kim’s. Depicting the oddly shaped Sumitap Rock (tap means “pagoda”), this piece demonstrates how effectively the topography and ambience of a scenery can be conveyed even in a relatively modest scale. The deliberate and delicate brushwork has a potent impact.
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