Choe Buk

Choe Buk
Korean name
Hangul	최북
Hanja	崔北
Revised Romanization	Choi Buk
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Puk
Art name
Hangul	호생관, 삼기재, 거기재
Hanja	毫生館, 三奇齋, 居其齋
Revised Romanization	Hosaenggwan, Samgijae, Geogijae
McCune–Reischauer	Hosaenggwan, Samgijae, Kŏgijae
Courtesy name
Hangul	성기, 유용
Hanja	聖器, 有用
Revised Romanization	Seonggi, Yuyong
McCune–Reischauer	Sŏnggi, Yuyong

Choi Buk (fl. 1755–85), was a Korean painter of the late Joseon period. He used many pen names, Samgijae, Hosaenggwan, Songjae, Giam, Geogijae among them.

Life

His childhood remains unknown, as well as the social status of his family. The Grove says 'floruit c. 1755–85'. Nevertheless, the Korean wiki page ko:최북 says: 최북(崔北, 1712년 – 1760년)은 조선 숙종, 영조 때의 화가이다... and gives a reference to AKS ... that explains why 1720 can be guessed as his birth year.

It seems that, despite the fame of Choi Buk in Seoul, his excessive drinking left him perpetually short of cash, and he resorted to making trips to other cities to sell his works. He may have died in Seoul, but the year remains unrecorded.

Style and Galleries

Choi Buk was acquainted with Kim Hong-do, Kim Deuk-sin, Yi In-mun, but his works are dissimilar to theirs.

금강산 표훈사도

Pyohun Temple at Diamond Mountains

The Korean Copyright Commission lists 20 paintings for Choi Buk, while Towooart gives a short notice.

• 
  Pyohun Temple
  금강산 표훈사도
• 
  Jo-eo Landscape
  조어산수
• 
  Cho-ok Landscape
  초옥산수
• 
  Bull riding
  맹우도(려우귀가)

See also

• Korean painting
• List of Korean painters

References

Bibliography

• Turner, Jane (2003). Grove Dictionary of Art. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 32600. ISBN 978-0-1951-7068-9. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

External links

• Arts of Korea, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Choi Buk