Idang Kim Eun-ho was born in 1892 in Korea and died in 1979 in Korea. He embarked on his career as a painter after enrolling as a second-term student in the painting department of the Calligraphy and Painting Art Association (Seohwa Misulhoe). There, he studied under An Jung-sik and Jo Seok-jin, graduating in 1915 after completing a three-year curriculum. He subsequently enrolled in the association’s calligraphy department, finishing the course in 1917; notably, he had already established himself as a portraitist after painting the royal portrait of Emperor Sunjong in 1912 while still a student. Although the original portrait of Sunjong—reportedly completed in 1913—has been lost, a preliminary sketch (yuji chobon) remains in the collect...