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…