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Jeong Seon

A Pioneer of Korean Landscape: The Life and Art of Jeong Seon Jeong Seon, known to the world by his pen name Gyeomjae, emerged from a Korea undergoing subtle yet significant shifts in intellectual and artistic currents during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Born in 1676 in the heart of Seoul, Jeong Seon’s beginnings were marked not by privilege but by modest circumstances. Though his family boasted an illustrious lineage, they

lacked the financial stability to support a traditional scholarly path for their son. This circumstance, however, proved unexpectedly liberating. Denied access to the formal training reserved for the *yangban* class—the scholar-officials—Jeong Seon was free to forge his own artistic direction, unburdened by convention. He began painting daily, driven by an innate talent and a relentless dedication that would define his prolific career.…