Hŏ Ryŏn: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Soch’i
Born	1809
Died	1892 (aged 83)

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Kim Chŏng-hui

Korean calligrapher

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An Chung-sik

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Tower of the Rising Clouds, colour on silk by Mi Fu; in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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Chinese artist

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Chinese artist

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Huizong

emperor of Song dynasty

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Khwāja ʿAbd-uṣ-Ṣamad

Persian painter

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Japanese painter

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Chinese painter

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Kim Hong-do

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Korean artist

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Korean painter

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Yi Sang-chwa

Korean painter

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Cho Sok-chin

Korean painter

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Yi Chŏng

Korean painter

Tate Modern extension Switch House, London, England. (Tavatnik, museums). Photo dated 2017.

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