Hyewon
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Hyewon | |
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Hangul: | 신윤복 |
Hanja: | 申潤福 |
Revised Romanization: | Sin Yun-bok |
McCune-Reischauer: | Sin Yun-bok |
Pen name | |
Hangul: | 혜원 |
Hanja: | 蕙園 |
Revised Romanization: | Hye-won |
McCune-Reischauer: | Hye-wŏn |
Courtesy name | |
Hangul: | 입부 |
Hanja: | 笠父 |
Revised Romanization: | Ip-bu |
McCune-Reischauer: | Ip-pu |
Sin Yun-bok, better known by his pen name Hyewon, (b. 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 paintings are distinctly more erotic than Danwon's, a fact which contributed to his expulsion from the royal painting institute, Dohwaseo. Painting was frequently a hereditary occupation in the Joseon period, and Hyewon's father and grandfather had both been court painters.
Together with Danwon and the later painter Owon, Hyewon is remembered today as one of the "Three Wons" of Joseon-period painting.