Park Naehyeon

Park Naehyun (1920–1976) was a female painter born in the city of Jinnampo in South Korea's South Pyongan Province. Graduating from Gyeongseong high school in 1937, she entered the Tokyo women's arts school in 1941.[1]

Park Naehyeon
Hangul
박내현
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBak Nae-hyeon
McCune–ReischauerPak Nae-hyŏn
Pen name
Hangul
우향(Scent of Rain)
Hanja
Revised RomanizationU-hyang
McCune–ReischauerU-hyang

Biography

Park married a celebrated artist, Kim Ki-chang, in 1946 with whom she presented exhibitions and private showcases. Her works sought to use oriental materials to provide for western-style artwork. This method resulted in sensual hues and fine imaging. A pioneering woman painter, she rejected prejudices against women and completed her own paintings with passion.[2]

Her youngest daughter, who is a nun in South Korea, said in an interview that she had spent her life as a good mother, as well as a committed painter and wife.[3] She was said to have influenced her husband during her life.[4]

On her way to lecture, she returned due to health problems. However, she failed to recover and died at her residence in Seongbuk District, Seoul.

Works

She made her debut by being accepted to the Chosen Art exhibition of the Governor-General of Korea in 1943. Later, she was awarded the first prize given by the President of the Republic of Korea and grand prize in the National Art exhibition of Korea, gaining her wider attention.

She participated in domestic art exhibitions until the early 1960s and then flew to São Paulo Biennale as an official South Korean delegate.[5] After finishing her work, she visited several nations in Latin America, including Mexico, then studied tapestry and printmaking in New York City.[6]

Briefly, her works can be separated into 4 time periods. The first (1940s) concentrated on Japanese paintings and figure paintings. The second (1950s) challenged her own work with traditional materials of oriental painting in a western-drawing manner; her pieces at this time produced half-abstract paintings by interpreting cubism and partition of the canvas in an analytic method. The third phase (1960s) began experimenting abstractionism, and the fourth period (1970s) made use of printmaking skills in creative drawing.[7]

Notes
  • 韓國現代作家十人(吳光洙, 悅話堂, 1977)
  • 雨鄕 朴崍賢(庚美文化社, 1978)
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References
  1. Park Naehyun Archived 2016-02-03 at the Wayback Machine DB media
  2. Park Raebu, 《한국의 명화》, p.109, 1993
  3. 운보의 수녀딸 김영 2008-02-10
  4. 운보 김기창 화백 미수 기념 특별전 Hankook Ilbo2002-02-23
  5. 그림의 추억- 부부화가 Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine USHankook Ilbo 2008-10-11
  6. Explanation on her work - "Abstract"
  7. Park Raebu, 《한국의 명화》, p.109, 1993
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