Kang Sehwang

Kang Sehwang
Self portrait of Kang Sehwang
Korean name
Hangul	강세황
Hanja	姜世晃
Revised Romanization	Gang Se-hwang
McCune–Reischauer	Kang Se-hwang
Art name
Hangul	표암, 첨재
Hanja	豹菴
Revised Romanization	Pyoam, Cheomjae
McCune–Reischauer	P'yoam, Ch'ŏmjae
Courtesy name
Hangul	광지
Hanja	光之
Revised Romanization	Gwangji
McCune–Reischauer	Kwangji

Gang Se-hwang (1713–1791) was not only a high government official but also a representative painter and calligrapher and art critic of the mid Joseon period. He was born in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do as son of Kang Hyeon. He entered royal service over his sixty years old. Gang pursued and established muninhwa with his own creativity.

Gallery

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  Yeongtong donggudo

See also

• Korean painting
• List of Korean painters
• Korean art
• Korean culture
• List of Korea-related topics

External links

• Brief biography of Kang Sehwang and gallery (in Korean)
• Brief biography of Kang Sehwang (in Korean)
• Arts of Korea, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Gang Se-hwang