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Cho Sok-chin [ho Sorim]
(b Ongjin, Hwanghae Province, 1853; d Seoul, 1920). Korean painter. At an early age he learnt to paint from his paternal grandfather, Cho Chong-gyu, who had been a member (hwawon) of the Bureau of Painting (Tohwaso). In 1881 Cho Sok-chin was selected as a draughtsman to travel with court envoys to China where he stayed for a year, spending his free time studying Chinese painting styles. After his return he was admitted to the Tohwaso as the last member to be appointed in the Choson period (1392–1910). When the Bureau of Painting was dissolved in 1911 following the Japanese colonization of Korea and replaced by the Sohwa misulwon (Painting and Calligraphy Institute), Cho took a post as professor. In 1919 he was appointed the second president of the Sohwa hyophoe (Calligraphy and Painting Association), a nationwide association of artists. Cho Sok-chin preferred traditional landscapes, mixing the decorative painting style of the influential CHANG SUNG-OP with the orthodox Chinese SOUTHERN SCHOOL style (Kor. Namjonghwa): for example Country Scene (fan painting, ink and colour on paper, 165*508 mm; priv. col.; see McCune, p. 346, fig. 226). His grandson, PYON KWAN-SIK, influenced by Cho, was also a painter.
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