Gukjeong chumyo
| Gukjeong chumyo | |
 Gukjeong chumyo(literally, "An autumn cat in a garden with chrysanthemum" ) | |
| Korean name | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 국정추묘 |
| Hanja | Cúc đình thu miêu |
| Revised Romanization | Gukjeong chumyo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kukchŏng ch'umyo |
Gukjeong chumyo(Korean:국정추묘) is an 18th-centuryKorean paintingdepicting a crouching cat under a wild chrysanthemum on an autumn day. It was drawn byByeon Sang-byeok,who usually painted animals during the late period of theKoreanJoseon Dynasty(1392–1910).Gukjeong chumyoliterally means "An autumn cat in a garden with chrysanthemum" and is of theyeongmohwa,oranimal painting,genre. It is painted on paper with light coloring over theink and wash painting(sumukhwa). The size of the painting is 29.5 cm (11.6 in) in height and 23.4 cm (9.2 in) in width. It is currently stored atGansong Art MuseuminSeoul,South Korea.[1]
Byeon Sang-byeok is renowned for his skillful depictions of cats and chickens, so he was referred to by the nicknames "Byeon goyangi" (literally "Byeon cat" ) and "Byeon dak" (Byeon rooster) during his lifetime. His representative paintings includeMyojakdo(Painting of Cats and Sparrows), andHwajomyogudo(Painting of Flowers, Birds, and Puppies). The cat in the picture is crouching and gazing at something, and seems ready to swiftly run off.[1]
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[edit]- ^ab국정추묘 cúc đình thu miêu[Gukjeong chumyo] (in Korean).Daum/ National Culture Archetype. Archived fromthe originalon 2013-02-21.Retrieved2009-11-10.
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[edit]- (in Korean)동물그림에 사연을 담았네!Archived2012-03-25 at theWayback MachineatHankyoreh 21