[Treasures from National Museum of Korea] Autumn Landscape

Period: Joseon era Dimensions: 88.0 × 35.5 cm (Hanging scroll painting) Materials: Silk fabric — Hemp Fabric This painting by Jeon Gi (1825-1854) depicts a small house and pine trees beyond the bridge over the creek. The distant landscape conveys a sense of solitude, stillness and understated simplicity. Jeon Gi, a painter and literati artist, is renowned for his paintings of natural landscapes. He was greatly influenced by Kim Jeong-hi — pen name Chusa — an eminent calligrapher and painter of t