Dohwaseo

Dohwaseo or Korean Royal Academy of Painting (Korean: 도화서; Hanja: 圖畵署) is an administrative office of Joseon drawing pictures requested by other administrative offices of Joseon.

[2] Gyeongguk daejeon documented that Dohwaseo is made of one Jeju (제주; 提調), two Byeolje (별제; 別提), and twenty miscellaneous workers.

[2] Artists who worked on Dohwaseo were called Hwawon or Hwasa.

An Gyeon, hwawon during Sejong the Great, is famous for his Shan shui, and left Mongyudowondo and Sasipaljungdo.

Kim Hong-do and Shin Yun-bok is also famous Hwawon for their drawings.

Notice about the place where a Dohwaseo existed