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Yi In-sang [ho Nunghogwan]
(b Pusan, Kyonggi Province, 1710; d Umjuk, Kyonggi Province, 1760). Korean painter. Active in the later Choson period, he was born into a noble family but as a descendant of a secondary son was barred from some social positions. From his childhood, Yi enjoyed writing and painting. He moved to Seoul and passed the primary level of the state civil service examination in 1735. Thereafter he served as a petty official for the government. He was able to secure instruction in painting, adopting a style taken from contemporary Chinese masters of the Qing period (1644–1911). From his mid-thirties he liked to paint scenes on the outskirts of the regional centres to which he was posted in his official capacity. He often also depicted the discussions of literary men.
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