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Kim Un-ho [ho Idang]
(b Inch’on, Kyonggi Province, 1892; d Seoul, 1979). Korean painter. In 1912 he joined the Sohwa Misulwon (Painting and Calligraphy Institute) in Seoul and studied traditional methods of painting under the tutelage of An Chung-sik and Cho Sok-chin, earning his reputation as a portrait artist. On graduation in 1915 he was selected as an imperial painter and painted the portrait of the last Choson king, Sunjong (reg 1907–10). He was a co-founder in 1922 of the Tong’yonsa, an association to study old and modern art together. In 1928 he was involved in copying the royal portraits of T’aejo (reg 1392–8), Sejo (reg 1455–68) and Sunjong.
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