Inwang jesaekdo (Scene of Inwangsan Mountain After Rain) by Jeong Seon

A painting of Inwangsan after rain by Gyeomjae Jeong Seon (1676–1759), a painter of late Joseon, 138.2 cm wide and 79.2 cm high. He painted it looking at the mountain itself, capturing the striking moment when mist rises after rain. Trees, woods and thick mist fill the foot of the mountain, and the rocks of Inwangsan crowd the upper part. The foot is seen from above and the summit from below at a distance, which gives a vivid sense of standing right before it. The rain-soaked cliffs behind feel huge and heavy, achieved with bold strokes of a large brush loaded with ink drawn down again and again. The nearer ridges and trees are rendered convincingly with fine brushwork and short dotted strokes. Painted in 1751, the twenty-seventh year of King Yeongjo, it is a true-view landscape painted from the scene itself, where earlier landscapes imitated Chinese ones, and its technique conveys the Korean landscape superbly. The largest of Jeong Seon's four hundred or so surviving works, it is regarded as the masterpiece of late Joseon true-view landscape, showing his manner at its best.

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Where it is

Region

Yongsan-gu, Seoul

Designation

National Treasure · 국보