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David Choe
David Choe (born 1976, Los Angeles, California) is an American painter, muralist, graffiti artist and graphic novelist of Korean descent. He achieved art world success with his "dirty style" figure paintings - raw, frenetic works which combine themes of desire, degradation, and exaltation.[...] |
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Kim Hong-Do
Kim Hong-do, better known as Danwon (1745-c. 1806), was a painter of the late Joseon period. A member of the Gimhae Kim clan, he grew up in present-day Ansan, South Korea, where he was taught by Pyoam Kang Sehwang, one of the most famous calligraphers of the day.[...] |
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Shin Yun-bok
Shin Yun-bok, better known by his pen name Hyewon, (born 1758) was a Korean painter of the Joseon Dynasty. Like his contemporaries Danwon and Geungjae, he is known for his realistic depictions of daily life in his time. His genre paintings are distinctly more erotic than Danwon's, a fact which contributed to his expulsion from the royal painting institute[...] |
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Jeong Seon (1676-1759)
Using the pseudonym ``Gyeomjae,'' meaning humble study, Jeong (1676-1795) was one of the most influential landscape painters in 18th century Korea with his realistic style. He was influenced by Chinese paintings in his earlier life, but later developed his own approach. [...] |
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Na Hye-sok (1896-1946)
Na Hye-sok (1896-1946) was a Korean feminist writer and painter. She was the first female Korean artist of Western painting and the second Korean artist who held an oil painting exhibition. She became well-known as a liberal feminist with her criticism against the marital institution in the early 20th century. [...] |
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