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- Also called:
- Sorim (Korean: “Small Jade”)
- Born:
- 1853, Korea
- Died:
- 1920, Korea (aged 67)
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Cho Sok-chin
Korean painter
Also known as: Cho Sŏk-chin, Sorim
Cho Sok-chin (born 1853, Korea—died 1920, Korea) was a noted painter of the late Chosŏn dynasty (1392–1910) whose paintings were nostalgic re-creations of the decadent traditional Confucian style of China and Korea.
Born into a family of court painters, Cho was early sent to China to study with the old masters. On his return, he specialized in paintings of carp and portraits of Chosŏn monarchs and was subsequently appointed to official position and made a local magistrate. After the fall of the Chosŏn dynasty, he helped establish the Academy of Painting and Calligraphy and also the Association of Calligraphy and Painting to train artists in the classical style.
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