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An Chung-sik [cha Uksang, Kongnip; ho Shimjon, Pulburong, Purija, Purong]
(b Sunhung, 1861; d 1919). Korean painter. He excelled in landscapes, figures, flowers and birds, as well as in many styles of calligraphy, and was among the very last court painters of the Bureau of Painting (Tohwaso; see KOREA, §X, 1) at the end of the Choson period (1392–1910). In 1881 he was sent as a draughtsman to Tianjin in China with a group of men to learn the technique of producing modern weapons. In 1900 he painted the royal portrait of Kojong (reg 1864–1907). Perhaps as a reward for this assignment he was appointed magistrate of the county of Yangch’on and T’ongjin in Kyonggi Province. In 1911 he and his contemporary Cho Sok-chin were the leading teachers at the Sohwa misulwon (Academy of Calligraphy and Painting), newly established in Seoul to train artists, among whom were Yi Sang-bom, Pyon Kwan-sik, No Su-hyon (1899–1978) and Kim Un-ho. An and Cho were also closely involved in the Sohwa misulhoe (Calligraphy and Painting Arts Group). An thus became a bridge between the late Choson and the modern period.
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