Pomegranates Painting and Poem celebrating his 80th Birthday, by Kim Yong Jin (1879-1968), considered the last of the literati painters. His paintings are collected and admired by Koreans for capturing the spiritual essence of the scholar gentleman. The pomegranates, with their many seeds, is a symbol of fertility or productivity or great bounty. An appropriate subject for the one of Korea's most popular and most beloved artists to portray as he celebrates his 80th year. Ink and colors on paper ... Click for details
Six colorful Korean Chaekori panels of the Late Choson (Joseon) Dynasty. 19th Century, remounted in the early 20th Century. Of the three divisions of Korean Minhwa painting--Hwacho, Monchado and Chaekori, this latter category refers to Korean still life painting that depicts scholarly objects and which was intended to inspire at least reverence for scholastic accomplishment. Collectors of scholar objects will immediately recognize many of the Chinese inspired accoutrements, and their presenta... Click for details
Very Rare Antique Korean School Motto Sign Board that would have hung in front of a school many years ago. It's rousing message reads, "ip jo il dueng in chung hyo" ("Rise up in the morning to become your best and honor your parents!"). Old Korean sign boards are much more rare than old Japanese sign boards, yet Japanese sign board collectors pay much more money for Japanese signs. So Korean sign boards are really an underpriced and undervalued area for the Korean collector. We rarely find good ... Click for details
Korean Landscape Fan Painting of a Monk Beside a River. The signature in the upper right corner has been smudged, but this artist obviously had a fine command of the brush. Even without a signature, the style and material make it safe to attribute this painting to the late 19th Century, the final years of the yangban class of scholar poets and painters. Ink on paper. The fan is 28 x 14 inches, 71 x 35.5 cm.
If you have always wanted to own a painting from Korea's royal court, but didn't want to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on one, here is a rare chance to own a small and beautiful Korean royal court painting at an affordable price. Aristocrats chat and stroll through the lovely court garden, displaying the wonderful costumes of the time. Frame: 21 x 13.5 inches, 53 x 34 cm: Painting: 18 x 9 inches, 46 x 23 cm. Mineral pigments on silk.
An Inspirational 19th Century Korean Painting filled with Symbolism of Love and Long Life. A Crane Couple, symbol of longevity and of love when they are paired like this, look deeply into each other's eyes, as they stand on a branch of a pine tree, a symbol of steadfastness. The pine tree reaches into the heavens and into the beautiful clouds, a symbol of Heaven, all under the loving eye of the Sun, another symbol of long life. Beneath their feet grow red pullocho, the mythical longevity plant. ... Click for details
Beautiful 19th Century Korean Landscape Painting of a Solitary Monk in the Mountains. A wide array of brush techniques are skillfully applied here, faithfully capturing feelings of reverence, awe, humility, and wonder in this breathtaking vista. Ink and light colors on paper. Frame: 50 x 25 inches, 127 x 63.5 cm; Painting: 36.5 x 18.5 inches, 93 x 47 cm.
Large Floral Painting and Calligraphy by Kim Yong Jin (1879-1968), considered the last of the literati painters. His paintings are collected and admired by Koreans for capturing the spiritual essence of the scholar gentleman. Mounting: 87.5 x 27 inches, 222 x 69 cm; Painting: 52.5 x 21.5 inches, 133 x 55 cm.
A beautiful painting and a piece of important Korean history. The pair of chicks are wonderfully rendered with their bodies done entirely in ink wash without outline. Color is used for their beaks and legs. This painting was sold in the 1960's at the old, legendary, and now non-existent Bando Hotel Gallery, and bears the old Bando Gallery tag in the back. Bando was near the old American Embassy and was the only Korean gallery with the foresight to sell, during his lifetime, the paintings of Park... Click for details
