Blending poetry with calligraphy
and painting, the artists followed
where the brush led

Chong Son
(1676­1759)
Kumgang-san (Diamond Mountains)

The founder of "true-view" landscape painting, Chong Son focused on Korea's rivers and mountains rather than idealized Chinese landscapes. For this silk album leaf in ink and light colors, he com-bined classical, horizontal Mi dots with his own brush techniques.