Calligraphy
Jeon Gi
Asian Art
On View: Asian Galleries, South, 2nd floor
ARTIST
Jeon Gi, Korean, 1825 – 1854
MEDIUM
Six-panel folding screen: ink on paper
DATES
Second Quarter of 19th century
DYNASTY
Joseon dynasty
DIMENSIONS
image: 38 3/16 × 11 13/16 in. (97 × 30 cm)
storage (Typically stored in donor's custom blue fabric cover.): 77 × 18 1/2 in., 5 lb. (195.6 × 47 cm, 2.27kg) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Two seals of the artist on the far left panel.
COLLECTIONS
Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
2022.37.5
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Carroll Family Collection
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Six panels of loosely brushed Chinese characters, running vertically. Style fluctuates between legible and very broadly cursive. Content to be translated.
Jeon Gi (also known as Goram) was a student of Kim Jung-hi (also known as Wandang or Chu'sa, 1786-1857, the most eminent calligrapher and Chinese classicist of his time in Korea. Together with Cho Hui-ryong (aka Uh-bong, 1797-1859) and Ho Ryon (aka So-chi, 1809-1892), they constituted the Chusa school of calligraphy (named after their teacher's sobriquet), which looked to the Chinese Southern school of calligraphy.
Jeon Gi lived to only 30 years old, so his output was small and very few examples of his work survive. There are also paintings in his hand.
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Asian Galleries, South, 2nd floor
CAPTION
Jeon Gi (Korean, 1825 – 1854). Calligraphy, Second Quarter of 19th century. Six-panel folding screen: ink on paper, image: 38 3/16 × 11 13/16 in. (97 × 30 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2022.37.5 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2022.37.5_PS20.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 2022.37.5_PS20.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2023
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