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Yu Deok-jang (Soon-un) (Korean, 1694–ca. 1774). <em>Bamboo in the Wind</em>, 18th century. Folding screen, ink on paper, Each painting: 38 5/16 × 13 9/16 in. (97.3 × 34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2020.18.13 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2020.18.13_overall.jpg)
Yu Deok-jang (Soon-un) (Korean, 1694–ca. 1774). Bamboo in the Wind, 18th century. Folding screen, ink on paper, Each painting: 38 5/16 × 13 9/16 in. (97.3 × 34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2020.18.13 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2020.18.13_overall.jpg)
Yu Deok-jang (Soon-un) (Korean, 1694–ca. 1774). <em>Bamboo in the Wind</em>, 18th century. Folding screen, ink on paper, Each painting: 38 5/16 × 13 9/16 in. (97.3 × 34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2020.18.13 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2020.18.13_overall.jpg)

Yu Deok-jang (Soon-un) (Korean, 1694–ca. 1774). Bamboo in the Wind, 18th century. Folding screen, ink on paper, Each painting: 38 5/16 × 13 9/16 in. (97.3 × 34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2020.18.13 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2020.18.13_overall.jpg)

Yu Deok-jang (Soon-un) (Korean, 1694–ca. 1774). <em>Bamboo in the Wind</em>, 18th century. Folding screen, ink on paper, Each painting: 38 5/16 × 13 9/16 in. (97.3 × 34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2020.18.13 (Photo: Image courtesy of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Professor Roberta L. Carroll, M.D., CUR.2020.18.13_view01_view02_left.jpg)

Yu Deok-jang (Soon-un) (Korean, 1694–ca. 1774). Bamboo in the Wind, 18th century. Folding screen, ink on paper, Each painting: 38 5/16 × 13 9/16 in. (97.3 × 34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2020.18.13 (Photo: Image courtesy of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Professor Roberta L. Carroll, M.D., CUR.2020.18.13_view01_view02_left.jpg)

Yu Deok-jang (Soon-un) (Korean, 1694–ca. 1774). <em>Bamboo in the Wind</em>, 18th century. Folding screen, ink on paper, Each painting: 38 5/16 × 13 9/16 in. (97.3 × 34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2020.18.13 (Photo: Image courtesy of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Professor Roberta L. Carroll, M.D., CUR.2020.18.13_view03_view04.jpg)

Yu Deok-jang (Soon-un) (Korean, 1694–ca. 1774). Bamboo in the Wind, 18th century. Folding screen, ink on paper, Each painting: 38 5/16 × 13 9/16 in. (97.3 × 34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2020.18.13 (Photo: Image courtesy of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Professor Roberta L. Carroll, M.D., CUR.2020.18.13_view03_view04.jpg)

Yu Deok-jang (Soon-un) (Korean, 1694–ca. 1774). <em>Bamboo in the Wind</em>, 18th century. Folding screen, ink on paper, Each painting: 38 5/16 × 13 9/16 in. (97.3 × 34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2020.18.13 (Photo: Image courtesy of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Professor Roberta L. Carroll, M.D., CUR.2020.18.13_view05_view06.jpg)

Yu Deok-jang (Soon-un) (Korean, 1694–ca. 1774). Bamboo in the Wind, 18th century. Folding screen, ink on paper, Each painting: 38 5/16 × 13 9/16 in. (97.3 × 34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2020.18.13 (Photo: Image courtesy of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Professor Roberta L. Carroll, M.D., CUR.2020.18.13_view05_view06.jpg)

Yu Deok-jang (Soon-un) (Korean, 1694–ca. 1774). <em>Bamboo in the Wind</em>, 18th century. Folding screen, ink on paper, Each painting: 38 5/16 × 13 9/16 in. (97.3 × 34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2020.18.13 (Photo: Image courtesy of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Professor Roberta L. Carroll, M.D., CUR.2020.18.13_view07_view08.jpg)

Yu Deok-jang (Soon-un) (Korean, 1694–ca. 1774). Bamboo in the Wind, 18th century. Folding screen, ink on paper, Each painting: 38 5/16 × 13 9/16 in. (97.3 × 34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2020.18.13 (Photo: Image courtesy of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Professor Roberta L. Carroll, M.D., CUR.2020.18.13_view07_view08.jpg)

Yu Deok-jang (Soon-un) (Korean, 1694–ca. 1774). <em>Bamboo in the Wind</em>, 18th century. Folding screen, ink on paper, Each painting: 38 5/16 × 13 9/16 in. (97.3 × 34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2020.18.13 (Photo: Image courtesy of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Professor Roberta L. Carroll, M.D., CUR.2020.18.13_view09_view10.jpg)

Yu Deok-jang (Soon-un) (Korean, 1694–ca. 1774). Bamboo in the Wind, 18th century. Folding screen, ink on paper, Each painting: 38 5/16 × 13 9/16 in. (97.3 × 34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2020.18.13 (Photo: Image courtesy of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Professor Roberta L. Carroll, M.D., CUR.2020.18.13_view09_view10.jpg)

Yu Deok-jang (Soon-un) (Korean, 1694–ca. 1774). <em>Bamboo in the Wind</em>, 18th century. Folding screen, ink on paper, Each painting: 38 5/16 × 13 9/16 in. (97.3 × 34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2020.18.13 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2020.18.13_seal03.jpg)

Yu Deok-jang (Soon-un) (Korean, 1694–ca. 1774). Bamboo in the Wind, 18th century. Folding screen, ink on paper, Each painting: 38 5/16 × 13 9/16 in. (97.3 × 34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2020.18.13 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2020.18.13_seal03.jpg)

Yu Deok-jang (Soon-un) (Korean, 1694–ca. 1774). <em>Bamboo in the Wind</em>, 18th century. Folding screen, ink on paper, Each painting: 38 5/16 × 13 9/16 in. (97.3 × 34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2020.18.13 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2020.18.13_label.jpg)

Yu Deok-jang (Soon-un) (Korean, 1694–ca. 1774). Bamboo in the Wind, 18th century. Folding screen, ink on paper, Each painting: 38 5/16 × 13 9/16 in. (97.3 × 34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2020.18.13 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2020.18.13_label.jpg)

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Bamboo in the Wind

Yu Deok-jang (Soon-un)

Asian Art

Bamboo is a favorite motif in East Asian painting and poetry, celebrated as an emblem of resilience because it bends and bounces back, rarely breaking under pressure from wind or snow. It is also popular as a subject for ink painters because capturing the pliant stems and sharp leaves of bamboo requires mastery of the paintbrush. Among Korean artists, Yu Deok-jang is considered one of the “Three Treasures” of bamboo painting. This screen, consisting of ten separate paintings, shows his ability to capture the plant in many stages of life and under different conditions while highlighting his signature technique of layering light and dark ink to create a sense of depth and atmosphere.
ARTIST Yu Deok-jang (Soon-un), Korean, 1694–ca. 1774
MEDIUM Folding screen, ink on paper
  • Place Made: Korea
    • DATES 18th century
    DYNASTY Joseon dynasty
    DIMENSIONS Each painting: 38 5/16 × 13 9/16 in. (97.3 × 34.5 cm) Overall, flat: 74 × 159 5/8 in. (188 × 405.4 cm)  (show scale)
    INSCRIPTIONS Signed by the artist with two of his seals, both reading "Suwoon" (his pen-name).
    COLLECTIONS Asian Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 2020.18.13
    CREDIT LINE Gift of the Carroll Family Collection
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Ten-panel folding screen depicting bamboo in two colors of ink, with those in sepia ink appearing to be at a greater distance from the viewer. The ten panels are individual (non-continuous) compositions, each capturing a different "mood" or phase of bamboo growth, with some depicting particular atmospheric conditions such as fog or clouds in the second panel from the right. Only the last (left-most) panel has the large signature and two seals of the artist. The screen is mounted with brocade in a light gray-sage green. Yu Deok-jang was known as one of the "Three Treasures" of Korean bamboo painting, along with Yi Chong and Sin Ui. He was a scholar and author as well as artist. This method of depicting bamboo in the wind is traditionally associated with Prince Yi Jeong (1541-1626).
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    CAPTION Yu Deok-jang (Soon-un) (Korean, 1694–ca. 1774). Bamboo in the Wind, 18th century. Folding screen, ink on paper, Each painting: 38 5/16 × 13 9/16 in. (97.3 × 34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2020.18.13 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2020.18.13_overall.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.2020.18.13_overall.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2020
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    Yu Deok-jang (Soon-un) (Korean, 1694–ca. 1774). <em>Bamboo in the Wind</em>, 18th century. Folding screen, ink on paper, Each painting: 38 5/16 × 13 9/16 in. (97.3 × 34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2020.18.13 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2020.18.13_overall.jpg)

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