Hyewon

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Hyewon

Hangul	신윤복
Hanja	申潤福
Revised Romanization	Sin Yun-bok
McCune-Reischauer	Sin Yunbok

Pen name

Hangul	혜원
Hanja	蕙園
Revised Romanization	Hye-won
McCune-Reischauer	Hyewŏn

Courtesy name

Hangul	입부
Hanja	笠父
Revised Romanization	Ip-bu
McCune-Reischauer	Ippu

Shin Yun-bok, better known by his pen name Hyewon, (b. 1758) was a Korean painter of the Joseon Dynasty. Like his contemporaries Danwon and Geungjae, he is known for his realistic depictions of daily life in his time. His paintings are distinctly more erotic than Danwon's, a fact which contributed to his expulsion from the royal painting institute, Dohwaseo. Painting was frequently a hereditary occupation in the Joseon period, and Hyewon's father and grandfather had both been court painters.

Together with Danwon and the later painter Owon, Hyewon is remembered today as one of the "Three Wons" of Joseon-period painting.

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"Portrait of a Beauty," by Hyewon.	"Scenery on Dano day" (단오풍정 端午風情)	"Holding a drinking bout" (주사거배 酒肆擧盃)	"Resounding Geomungo , praiseworthy lotus" (청금상련 廳琴賞蓮 or 연당야유 蓮塘野遊)
"One amusing spring day in a field" (상춘야흥 賞春野興)	"Dancing together with holding two knives"(쌍검대무 雙劍對舞)	"Lovers under the moon" (월하정인 月下情人)	"A young boy plucking an azalea" (소년전홍 少年剪紅)