Kim Sou

Kim Heungsou (; November 17, 1919 – June 9, 2014), also called Kim Sou, was a South Korean painter who was sometimes called the "Picasso of Korea".'한국의 피카소' 김흥수 화백을 만나다 My daily

Biography Born in Hamheung in Korea under Japanese rule, he graduated from Tokyo Art School (東京美術學校). After the independence of the Korean Peninsula, he sat as deputy of Seoul Art high school and lecturer at Seoul National University.

In 1955, he studied painting in Paris,Park Raeboo, 《한국의 명화 Korean painting of fame》, p.156, 1993 and his works were submitted to Salon d'Automne. Thereafter, he initiated an individual art showcase and held exhibitions several times, starting in Paris, gaining access to the European market.Kim Heung sou He held exhibitions around the world, including in France and Russia. His works have been featured at international auctions.

After coming back to Seoul, Heungsou was appointed to the panel of judges for the 10th Korea grand art convention and presented his works in 1961. Six years later, he went as an exchange professor at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 1968 to 1980,Japanese and Korean art which allowed him to release his pieces of sculpture, holding a series of travelling exhibitions from coast to coast. American-Korean Foundation served his work from the beginning.음과 양의 조화 하모니즘 창시자 김흥수 화백

Jang Soo hyun, his partner and executive curator of Kim Heungsou museum died of ovarian cancer in November 2012.김흥수 화백 43세 연하 부인 장수현 관장 별세 Hankook Ilbo

Heungsou died on 9 June 2014 at the age of 94.

Works Heungsou's works largest body of work is the so-called harmonism paintings, collaborating structures and abstract forms in a piece of artwork.원로화가 김흥수 화백 10~17일 개인전 Yonhap 2010-10-19 The genesis for his idea came from the harmony of yin and yang, between female and male and between the east and the west.'한국의 피카소' 김흥수 화백, 마지막 개인전 Aju Economist 2010-09-19

According to an interview with Ftnews Korea, he was enormously influenced by the idea of Mikhail Gorbachev mixing the philosophy of the East and the West, invited by the Pushkin Museum. After studying Cubism, he became more immersed in paintings. In 1960, he could sell out all his works and entered an exhibition in Paris and later gained the title of the salon, which he said his Japanese counterpart had never achieved registration as a member at the moment.

His works have roots in Harmonism, which is derived from the mixture of abstract paintings and forms/structures. In 1967, he observed the flow of American abstract paintings, which enabled him to try new challenges such as harmonizing abstract paintings with other forms.

Rooted in Mozaic, he realized the partition of hues within his works, which featured Korean customs and arts with erotic subject matters. His works are departed from his philosophy and originated from the Korean peninsula.We should accomplish our own ones In this sense, his drawings are famous for their fabulous collaboration of hues and shapes.

Korean media coverage says that the 2010 exhibition in Seoul was the last chance to watch his creative art work, owing to his deteriorated health but he continued to appear in the exhibitions: as a displaced citizen born in what would become North Korea, he presented his work called Lost Hometown (Hangul, 망향) commemorating the twentieth year of the joint entry of the two Koreas into the United Nations, held in the art hall of the National Assembly of South Korea.김흥수 화백의 작품, '망향(고향바다)' Newsis 2011-12-01

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