Shin Yun-bok

Painting was frequently a hereditary occupation in the Joseon period, and Sin's father and grandfather had both been court painters. Together with Kim Hongdo and the later painter Chang Sŭngŏp, Sin is remembered today as one of the "Three Wons" of Joseon-period painting, referring to the shared particles in their art names.

• Hangul — %신윤복 • Hanja — 申潤福 • Hangulho — %_혜원 • Hanjaho — 蕙園 • Hangulja — %_입부 • Hanjaja — 笠父 Sin Yunbok (1758–1813), better known by his art name Hyewŏn, was a Korean painter of the Joseon period. Like his contemporaries Kim Hongdo and Kim Tŭksin, he is known for his realistic depictions of daily life in his time. His genre paintings are distinctly more erotic than Kim Hongdo's, a fact which contributed to his expulsion from the royal painting institute, Tohwasŏ. Painting was frequently a hereditary occupation in the Joseon period, and Sin's father and grandfather had both been court painters. Together with Kim Hongdo and the later painter Chang Sŭngŏp, Sin is remembered today as one of the "Three Wons" of Joseon-period painting, referring to the shared particles in their art names.

Not much is known about Sin Yunbok's life. He was the son of royal court painter Hanpyeong, who had participated in painting the royal portraits of Yeongjo and Jeongjo. Sin reached the official rank of cheomjeoljesa at the Tohwasŏ and was adept at different styles of painting; genre, landscape, and animals. It is speculated that he left a great number of paintings due to the popularity of genre paintings during that era. There are different studies and theories regarding his life, that he may not have ever been a member of the Tohwasŏ nor was he on close terms with Kim Hong-do.

• Illustration — Portrait of a Beauty (미인도; 美人圖) • Illustration — Waiting Six paintings from the Yeosokdo Album: • Illustration — Woman with a cap • Illustration — Women at fish market • Illustration — Women playing geomungo • Illustration — Woman with a jangot • Illustration — Woman with a red hat • Illustration — Woman at Yeondang Four paintings from the Pungsokdo Album. See Hyewon pungsokdo for a complete gallery of this album (30 paintings). • Illustration — Scenery on Dano day (단오풍정 端午風情) • Illustration — Holding a drinking bout (주사거배 酒肆擧盃) • Illustration — Dance with two swords (쌍검대무 雙劍對舞) • Illustration — Lovers under the moon (월하정인 月下情人)

• Portrait of a Beauty: Painting on silk. Depicts the standard of traditional beauty in the Joseon era. Realistic details of the hanbok are notable. • Dano day: Painting on paper. Depicts a scene on Dano day; semi-nudes bathing in the stream, a woman in a bright red hanbok rides a swing, two young monks peek in the background.

• Portrayed by Moon Geun-young and Kim Yoo-jung in the 2008 SBS TV series Painter of the Wind. • Portrayed by Kim Min-sun in the 2008 film Portrait of a Beauty.