초원(蕉園) 김석신(⾦碩⾂)의 생애와 회화 연구

Abstract

Kim Seok-shin (⾦碩⾂, 1958~?) was born into a major family of painters during the Late Joseon Dynasty, Kaesung Kim family (開城⾦⽒), and was a painter of the court under the reign of Jeongjo and Sunjo. Although he was overshadowed by the fame of his uncle Kim Eung-hwan(⾦應煥, 1742?~1789) and brother Kim Deuk-shin (⾦得⾂, 1754~1822), he indeed was a capable painter with substantial talent in landscape painting.
 There are five pieces of true-view landscape paintings by Kim Seok-shin depicting the real landscape of suburbs of Seoul. Of these, Dobongdo (道峰圖), as its title suggests, appears to have been produced by Kim Deuk-shin upon the request of Dobongsan sightseeing by Criminal Judge Lee Jae-hak(李在學, 1745~1806) and Left Uijeong Seo Yong-bo(徐⿓輔, 1757~1824) in 1805 (Sunjo Year 5). Other paintings are also determined to have been painted at the same time as they depict scenic places around Seoul and the sizes and strokes are all similar. These paintings by Kim Seok-shin express popular spots of the Han River as realistically as possible and in an original way under direct and indirect influence by senior painters including Jung Seon (鄭敾, 1676~1759), Sim Sa-jung (沈師正, 1707~1769), Kim Eung-hwan, and Kim Hong-do (⾦弘道, 1745~1806?). Especially, apart from Kim Deuk-shin who was greatly influenced by Kim Hong-do, directly succeeding Kim Eung-hwan’s style, who had been influenced by Jung Seon and Sim Sa-jung, his style is more apparent in demonstrating Kaesung Kim family’s style, as well as the variety and process of change of landscape paintings during the Late Joseon Dynasty. Furthermore, his descendants continued to work as painters of the court as family business, lading to a conclusion that his painting style may have provided certain impact on establishing Kaesung Kim family’s style. In conclusion, Kim Seok-shin appears to have played a pivotal role in establishing Kaesung Kim family as a prestigious painters family, and substantially impacted the court painting style during the Postand Late Joseon Dynasty.