Permanent Exhibit
Introducing Hanyang University Museum.
The Painting of Korea has continuously changed and developed from the Three Kingdoms period to the Modern era. During the Three Kingdoms period and the Unified Silla period, paintings were primarily produced for religious and practical purposes. It was in the Goryeo Dynasty that Painting intended mainly for appreciation became popular, and during the Joseon Dynasty, Painting developed with an even wider variety of subjects.
While influenced by China, Korean Painting developed its own unique character, significantly influencing the development of Japanese Ink Wash Painting in the Early Joseon period. In the Late Joseon period, the most distinctively Korean painting style reached its peak, with the popularity of True-View Landscape Painting (Jingyeong Sansuhwa), which captured Korea's scenic beauty on canvas, and Genre Painting (Pungsokhwa), which humorously depicted the lives of the people of the time.