Gao Kegong

Gao Kegong ( Chinese 高克恭 , Pinyin Gaō Kègōng ; * 1248 ; † 1310 ) was a Chinese painter of the Yuan Dynasty , who was also active in the field of poetry . He is best known for his landscape painting , the realistic depiction of bamboo and his skills in depicting black and white contrasts.

After Gao Kegong was born in Turkestan to a Han family of Muslim descent, he was trained in Chinese culture in northern China. He was also raised to high-ranking positions at the Chinese court under Kublai Khan and was considered to be one of the bridges between the Mongol rulers and the traditional social classes of China. Towards the end of his life he mainly worked in Hangzhou in southern China.

It is assumed that Gao Kegong's painting style was formative for Korean landscape painting and was adopted by local artists.

literature

Ahn Hwi-joon: The landscape painting of the South School in Korea . In: Kulturstiftung Ruhr Essen, Villa Hügel (ed.): Korea: The old kingdoms . Hirmer Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-7774-8220-X , p. 70 .
Gao Kegong . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 48, Saur, Munich a. a. 2006, ISBN 3-598-22788-4 , p. 442.
Ulrike Middendorf: Gao Kegong . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 19 : Ingouville – Kauffungen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1926, p. 539 .

Web links

Commons : Kao K'o-kung - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Gao Kegong: Oxford Art Online - oi. Retrieved October 2, 2019 .
↑ 耿明松: Landscape Painting of Ancient China . 五洲传播出版社, 2007, ISBN 978-7-5085-1130-6 ( google.at [accessed on October 2, 2019]).
^ Dorothy Perkins: Encyclopedia of China: History and Culture . Routledge, 2013, ISBN 978-1-135-93562-7 ( google.at [accessed October 2, 2019]).
↑ Ahn: The landscape painting of the South School in Korea . 1999, p. 70 .

personal data
SURNAME	Gao Kegong
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Chinese painter of the Yuan Dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH	1248
DATE OF DEATH	1310

[:0-1] Gao Kegong: Oxford Art Online - oi. Retrieved October 2, 2019 .

[2] 耿明松: Landscape Painting of Ancient China . 五洲传播出版社, 2007, ISBN 978-7-5085-1130-6 ( google.at [accessed on October 2, 2019]).

[3] Dorothy Perkins: Encyclopedia of China: History and Culture . Routledge, 2013, ISBN 978-1-135-93562-7 ( google.at [accessed October 2, 2019]).

[Ahn_1999_S70-4] Ahn: The landscape painting of the South School in Korea . 1999, p. 70 .