- Nam Gyewoo
Infobox Korean name
hangul=남계우
hanja=南啓宇
rr=Nam Gye Wu
mr=
hangulho=일호
hanjaho=一濠
rrho=Ilho
mrho=
hangulja=일소
hanjaja=逸少
rrja=Ilso
mrja=Nam Gyewoo (1811 ~ 1888) was a painter and a government officer in the late Joseon period. Nam Gyewu was born to a high class and son of
Nam Jinhwa who served as "Busa". He lived inNamchon ,Seoul and had an official career as "Dojeong". Nam was especially good at depicting butterflies, so called as Nam Nabi (Butterfly Nam), his nickname. Through his life time, Nam Gyewoo devoted to drawing pictures of butterflies and flowers.Gallery
ee also
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Korean painting
*List of Korean painters
*Korean art
*Korean culture
*List of Korea-related topics External links
* [http://koreandb.empas.com/koreandb/history/kpeople/person_view.html?id=0003249 Brief biography] (in Korean)
* [http://www.korea-museum.go.kr/sch/full.cgi?v_db=3&v_doc_no=00037142&v_ltype=1&LF=N Brief biography] (in Korean)
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