Choe Buk

Choe Buk
Korean name
Hangul 최북
Hanja 崔北
Revised Romanization Choe Buk
McCune–Reischauer Ch'oe Puk
Pen 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

Choe 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'.[1] 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 [2] ... that explains why 1720 can be guessed as his birth year.

It seems that, despite the fame of Choe 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

Choe 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 [3] lists 20 paintings for Choe Buk, while Towooart[4] gives a short notice.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Turner 2003, p. (07)184
  2. ↑ http://people.aks.ac.kr/view.jsp?id=PPL_6JOc_A9999_1_0013586 (in Korean)
  3. ↑ http://gongu.copyright.or.kr/search/search.do?kwd=%EC%B5%9C%EB%B6%81&fGroup=02&fLicCode=&authorSeq=
  4. ↑ http://www.towooart.com/oldart/old_korea/choibuk/choibuk.htm (in Korean)

Bibliography

  • Turner, Jane (2003). Grove Dictionary of Art. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 32600. ISBN 978-0-1951-7068-9.
  • Arts of Korea, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Choe Buk
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