Artist Behind Portraits on Korean Banknotes Dies at 88
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Ye-na = Ilrang, who painted the portraits of Yulgok Yi I (1536–1584) and Shin Saimdang (1504–1551) on the 5,000 and 50,000 won banknotes...
A giant of Korean painting who painted the portrait of the 16th-century great scholar Yulgok Yi I on the 5,000-won banknote and the portrait of his mother, Shin Saimdang, on the 50,000-won banknote, has passed away. Lee Jong-sang, an emeritus professor at Seoul National University and a veteran artist who inherited traditional painting and laid the foundation for modern Korean painting, died on the 8th due to old age. He was 88 years old.
Master Korean painter Lee Jong-sang, who painted the portraits on the 5,000-won and 50,000-won banknotes, has passed away at the age of 88. Having modernized Korean painting by incorporating Eastern philosophy, he left a significant mark on the Korean cultural and artistic world by focusing on the self-reliance of Korean art throughout his life and engaging in various activities, including painting Dokdo and creating standard portraits of histor…
Lee Jong-sang, a master Korean painter who painted all of Korea's hat (mother and child) currency, including 5,000 won Yulgok Lee and 50,000 won Shin Saimdang, died on the 8th. 88 years old. ylang (one wave).
"I'm the only artist whose works are owned by so many people. You can find my work in anyone's pocket. Every citizen has one, don't they? Without my work, we'd be poor." This is how the late painter Lee Jong-sang described his work in an interview before his death. His portrait of Yulgok Yi I, a Confucian scholar of the mid-Joseon Dynasty, is featured on the 5,000 won banknote, and his mother, the calligrapher and painter Shin Saimdang, is featu…
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