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Kyung Kim"Alaskan Pollock II"1940
1940
$5,500
£4,156.17
€4,799.36
CA$7,685.42
A$8,527.62
CHF 4,466.95
MX$104,571.52
NOK 56,818.08
SEK 53,633.84
DKK 35,791.80
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This painting of four different species of fish that can be found in South Korea is from the mid-20th century Korean artist Kim Kyung. Seafood from both the seas that surround the peninsula and from its rivers are an integral part of the livelihood and cuisine of Koreans.
Kim Kyung (in Hanja, 金耕, in Hangul 김경) was born in South Korea, his real name, under the current Revised Romanization was Kim Gyeong-Eun (in Hanja 金萬斗, in Hangul 김경은). His name follows the East Asian convention of family name first, though some Western galleries choose to reorder his name with the Western convention as Kyung Kim. He was born in Hadong, Gyeongnam during the Imperial Japanese occupation, as the eldest son of a poor farm family, and at the age of 18 he entered the art department of Japan University. In 1943, he returned to his hometown to escape being drafted into the Japanese army and briefly worked at Jinkyo Elementary School. He moved around frequently from Jinju, to Seoul, and Masan but settled in Busan in 1949 after the liberation of the Korean peninsula. In 1953, he contributed to the formation of the modernization group in Busan by participating in the Gyeongnam Artists Association exhibition and Tobyeok Dongin exhibition, and raised his students while serving as an art teacher in Busan High School. After his first solo exhibition in 1956, he also published illustrations for newspapers. In 1958, he started living in Seoul when he was appointed to Inchang High School in Seoul, and he exhibited works of abstract tendencies while exhibiting at the Modern Art Association Exhibition.
At that time, Busan Technical High School was selected as a target school of UNKRA (United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency) and was supplied with learning materials such as the latest equipment and supplies. Art students were also able to practice with various art materials that were difficult to even see at other schools. Kim Kyung was buried in the studio and devoted himself to production, while also devoting himself to training the next batch of Korean artists. He taught watercolors, oil paintings, prints and sculptures. He took a natural approach to art, such as shaping and coloring out of clay and baking terracotta in an electric kiln. The disciples who received his guidance at that time were Kim Cheong-jung (sculptor) Park Chun-geun (Dong-A University professor) Ahn Kwang-mo (architectist) Jang Sang-man (sculptor).
In 1956, he participated in the ‘Modern Art Association’, the first contemporary painting group in Korea. In 1957, he held his first solo exhibition in the exhibition room of Mihwadang Department Store and exhibited at the Cheongmaek Dongin Exhibition. Most of his works are about cattle, pollock, and women. In 1958, he moved to Seoul with Park Go-seok's arrangement and worked as a teacher at Inchang High School, focusing on production. He continued his friendship with painters in Busan and produced stained glass for the Cheongtap Grill, but it was destroyed due to renovation of the building. In 1964, he continued his work even after he collapsed from a cerebral hemorrhage and held a solo exhibition, but he passed away the following year. In 1966, his friends held a memorial exhibition of Kim Gyeong Confucianism in Seoul, and in 1978, his students in Busan held an exhibition to honor him.
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