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Jeong Seon (Gyeomjae) Prints
About Jeong Seon
Jeong Seon, known by his art name Gyeomjae, was a Korean painter of the Joseon dynasty, born in 1676 in Seoul and died there in 1759. He came from a gentry family whose fortunes had declined, and he worked for the Dohwaseo, the royal painting bureau. He also held government posts, including district magistrate of several counties, and in his late seventies King Yeongjo honoured him with high court rank.
Jeong Seon pioneered true-view landscape painting, in Korean jingyeong sansuhwa: pictures of Korea's real mountains and rivers, painted with expressive brushwork, instead of the idealised Chinese-style scenery that was the norm. He first painted the Diamond Mountains, Mount Geumgang, in 1711. His best-known works include Geumgang jeondo, a view of the whole range (1734), and Inwang jesaekdo, Clearing after Rain on Mount Inwang (1751), now in the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art. In 2025 a retrospective of 165 works at the Hoam Museum of Art was the largest show of Jeong Seon's paintings ever held.
Jeong Seon prints: reproductions of Korean true-view landscape paintings by the Joseon painter Jeong Seon, also known as Gyeomjae, from the first half of the 1700s. The collection includes Complete View of Mt. Geumgang (1734), Clearing after Rain on Mt. Inwang (1751) and Gaehwasa Temple.
This selection concentrates on real Korean places. The Geumgang painting shows the whole Diamond Mountains range as a mass of sharp white peaks. Inwang shows the granite mountain above Seoul with mist rising after rain, painted in heavy black ink. Gaehwasa Temple shows a temple on a wooded hill near Seoul.
The strong black ink and mountain subjects suit living rooms, offices and studies, and the large mountain views work well above a sofa or desk. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with low-glare acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.
