Sin Yun-bok

Sin Yun-bok
Korean name
Hangul
신윤복
Hanja
申潤福
RRSin Yunbok
MRSin Yunbok
Art name
Hangul
혜원
Hanja
蕙園
RRHyewon
MRHyewŏn
Courtesy name
Hangul
입부
Hanja
笠父
RRIpbu
MRIppu

Sin Yun-bok (Korean: 신윤복; 1758–1813), better known by his art name Hyewon, was a Korean painter of the Joseon period. Like his contemporaries Danwon and Geungjae, he is known for his realistic depictions of daily life in his time. His genre paintings are distinctly more erotic than Danwon's, a fact which contributed to his expulsion from the royal painting institute, Dohwaseo. Painting was frequently a hereditary occupation in the Joseon period, and Hyewon's father and grandfather had both been court painters. Together with Danwon and the later painter Owon, Hyewon is remembered today as one of the "Three Wons" of Joseon-period painting.