Byeon Crown Ornament Piryeongdogyo Bridge

Byeon Gwan-sik was a painter who forged a distinctive style of his own through rough, dynamic brushwork and a multi-angled approach to composition, drawing on an eclectic blend of the Southern and Northern Chinese painting traditions as well as Japan's Shin-Nanga style, which itself incorporated Western techniques. Byeon Crown Ornament Piryeongdogyo Bridge is a work from his middle period that shows both his sketching of actual Busan scenery and his characteristic artistic traits particularly well. Painted in 1948 as a true-view landscape, the work depicts Busan's Yeongdo Bridge, at the time a symbol of the city's modernisation among its modern sights. It is valued as an important cultural heritage item: it shows the change in Byeon Gwan-sik's painting style from the 1950s onward, while also documenting his activities in 1948.

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Where it is

Region

Seo-gu, Busan

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료