
Shin Yun-bok’s father, Shin Han-pyeong, drew a portrait of the king. This means Shin Yun-bok’s unique painting technique was recognized at the time. Historical record shows that he was designated a high ranking official, which proves his ability as a great painter. He worked until he was 75, and the public must have known his son Yun-bok as well. Though there were many painters during the Joseon Dynasty, Shin Han-pyeong was an outstanding artist who drew many portraits. His father Shin Han-pyeong was also a renowned and representative painter of the time. Shin Yun-bok was born into a family that carried on painting for several generations. Here is Choi again, talking about Shin’s life. Yun-bok was also a very talented painter who could carry on his family line. Shin’s family has worked at the royal painting institute, Dohwawon, for generations. So, who is Shin Yun-bok? And why has the artist resurfaced as a cultural icon after 250 years? Hyewon Shin Yun-bok and Danwon Kim Hong-do were the Joseon Dynasty’s best painters who depicted daily life of the time. In particular, visitors crowded in front of the famous painting “Miindo.” There were so many people who came to see the great work that even a special line was formed to go directly to the particular painting.
#MOVIST CHOI SEUNG HYUN SERIES#
I think the novel “The Painter of Wind” and the TV series aroused public’s interest in the painter. We used to display Hyewon’s work before, but only people interested in his work came, not like this time. They were Shin’s representative art works, including “Scenery on Dano Day.” People formed a long line around the museum to see the actual paintings. Choi Wan-su of Gansong Art Museum explains.Īt the exhibition, we displayed six paintings by Shin Yun-bok. Since a novel about Shin entitled “The Painter of Wind” was published last year, a TV series went on air and the Joseon painter’s art work was recently showcased at an art gallery. The most renowned painter of the Joseon Dynasty is inspiring the 21st century digital generation living in the modern world.

Recently, the literary circle is eyeing Shin Yun-bok, a real figure who lived two centuries ago. The flick Miindo is rearranged as a love story by adding liberal imagination to the 200 year-old story. She desires to be loved as a woman, so she stops pretending to be a man…

Yun-jeong successfully enters the royal painting institute, Dohwawon, but falls in love with a young man. She becomes the apprentice of Danwon Kim Hong-do, the best painter of the time. To carry on the honor of the family tradition, she gives up her life as a female and lives as her brother, Shin Yun-bok. But her normal life becomes complicated when her brother kills himself. An artistic genius, Yun-jeong occasionally painted for her brother, Shin Yun-bok. This is a preview of “Miindo.” The main character, Yun-jeong, is the youngest daughter of a family that has been painting for four generations. Though Shin is a male painter, he is portrayed as a woman in the film. Although the film depicts the life of the 18th century painter known for his realistic depiction of daily life at the time, an interesting twist is added to the historical fact.

The artist is better known by his pen name, Hyewon. The flick “Portrait of a Beauty” is about the life and art of Joseon’s master painter, Shin Yun-bok.
#MOVIST CHOI SEUNG HYUN MOVIE#
On November 4, a movie by the same title was unveiled to the press before its premier slated for November 13. It’s Hyewon Shin Yun-bok’s “Miindo,” or “Portrait of a Beauty,” the representative painting of a beautiful woman of the Joseon Era. Viewers can get a glimpse of the lady’s tender passion through her gaze and the tip of her white traditional socks slightly revealed at the hem of her skirt. The way the skirt wraps around her slender waist reminds people of the curved line of the Joseon Dynasty’s elegant pottery. Neat, shiny hair, pulled up off the neck, crescent-shaped eyebrows, long and composed eyes, small but alluring lips…a lady in traditional hanbok with a white upper garment and indigo blue skirt is depicted in an old painting. (about whether artist Shin Yoon Bok was a female) newssetid=83 (stars who came to VIP premiere) (talking about KMS's bare back in poster) Official site : (I guess too much flesh is shown in this movie, the site is accessible by those 19 and above !) Story is set in the Chosun era, about a talented female painter, who lived as a male, in order to paint.ĭirector : Jun Yoon Soo 전윤수(same as Le Grand Chef)Ĭast : Kim Min Sun, Kim Young Ho, Chu Ja Hyun, Lee Han/Kim Nam Gil Kim Min Sun, Kim Young Ho, Kim Nam Gil, Chu Ja HyunFilming started end May and scheduled to debut.
