Our museum researched the works of several prominent Korean artists of the early 1920s and the ways they were influenced by foreign styles. Japanese colonial rule of Korea lasted from 1910 to 1945, but Japan’s influences in art had been expanding since before this formal occupation.
In Korea, there was only one exhibit for artists to become famous/debut: Chosun Art Exhibit(조선미술관람회). This is where artists like Park Su Geun and Na Hye Sok debuted. However, because almost all judges were Japanese,…
