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Follow the long orchid leaves as they sweep down from the dark rock that slants in from the upper right, then find the inscription and red seals at left.
Kim Eung-won specialized in orchids and rocks. As a boy he served in the house of Prince Yi Ha-ung, a famed painter of the same subjects, and learned to paint from him. The Art Institute of Chicago places Kim among the last literati painters of the Joseon dynasty, who painted to cultivate themselves rather than to earn a living, and notes that later in his career he tried daring compositions and fluid brushwork.
Hanging scroll, ink on paper · 33 × 44.4 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Orchids
- Artist
- Kim Eung-won Korean, 1855-1921
- Date
- Joseon dynasty(1392–1910)
- Medium
- Hanging scroll, ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 33 × 44.4 cm (13 × 17 1/2 in.)
- Credit line
- Wirt D. Walker Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1855–1921
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.