Landscape

Yang Paeng-son

Joseon Dynasty

Paper

National Museum of Korea

A traditional East Asian ink wash painting depicts a misty mountain landscape with a river and a small boat. Several buildings and trees are nestled among the rocky slopes. A traditional East Asian ink wash painting depicts a misty mountain landscape with a river and a small boat. Several buildings and trees are nestled among the rocky slopes. This painting by Yang Paeng-son (1480-1545) contains two poems about his secluded life, indicating that it was painted between 1521 and 1545, when he lived as a hermit. The painting shows that Yang was one of the scholar-painters who followed An Gyeon’s style. Accession number: Bongwan2034