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Kim Kyu-jin [ho Haegang]
(b Sangwon District, South P’yongyan Province, 1868; d Seoul, 1933). Korean calligrapher and painter. The second son of a poor farmer, he was sent in 1874 to study painting and calligraphy with his maternal uncle, Yi Hui-su, who was a literati painter. In 1885 Kim travelled to China, where he stayed for eight years. He was much impressed in China by the new literati style of painting. On his return to Korea in 1893 Kim gained the trust of King Kojong (reg 1864–1907) and served as an official in the palace, teaching calligraphy and painting to the King’s son, Yongch’in. When Kojong abdicated in 1907, Kim resigned and opened a photography studio, the first in Korea. In 1913 he opened one of the first modern art galleries in Seoul, the Kogum sohwagwan, and committed himself to supporting Korean art. In 1915 he set up a three-year training course for artists with the Sohwa yon’guhoe (Study Group for Calligraphy and Painting), which became a counterpart to the Sohwa misulhoe (Painting and Calligraphy Arts Group) led by An Chung-sik and Cho Sok-chin.
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