Seodang (Village School)

Kim Hong-do

Painted

c. 1780

Collection

National Museum of Korea

The best-known leaf of Kim Hong-do's album of everyday life. A boy who has just been switched by the teacher wipes his tears while his classmates hide their giggles, and the teacher puts on a stern face. With no background at all, the figures are arranged in a loose circle so that one moment of laughter seems to hang in the air.

Object record (Wikimedia Commons) · Public domain

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