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Chae Yongshin

Portrait of a Government Official

1921
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

It was European photography introduced to Korea in the end of the 1800s that most inspired Chae’s naturalistic approach to his subject.

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