Dong-Shin BAE, Premier artist of watercolor painting in Korea The outstanding world-class artist
Dong-Shin BAE
- 16, June, 1920 ~ 10, December, 2008
- artist of Western painting (type: pictorial art, watercolor painting)
- 1943 won the prize in the art contest (portrait) of liberal creative arts association in Japan, granted his qualifications for full membership
- 1974 awarded the cultural prize in Jeollanam-do (category of art) in Korea
- 1997.10 awarded the art prize in 6th Oh Ji Ho contest in Korea
- 2000.10.16 awarded a cultural medal of Korea awarded cultural medal of heritages, contributed to developing literary arts
Era Modern/Japanese colonial period Born on June 16, 1920 in Songjeong-dong, Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju-si, Jeollanam-do, he moved from Seoseok Elementary School in Gwangju to Beolgyo Elementary School, and then moved to Seo Elementary School in Yeosu. In 1943, he graduated from the Department of Western Painting, Kawabata Art School in Japan. In 1936, he met Park Soo-geun at Mt. Geumgang, where he went to paint, and received a painting instruction. He worked in the decoration department of Minakai department store in Pyongyang, and interacted with Munhaksoo and Jang Ri-seok. In 1937, he went to Japan and studied abroad. In 1945, he returned home with his Japanese wife Masae Watanabe and his son Bae-yong, and settled in Naju, Jeollanam-do, but his wife returned to Japan with her son and daughter. In 1958, he married Kim Yeon-gyu (金年圭), who was a student at Jeonnam Girls' High School.
Location of originals (the principal productions of his masterpieces) - Ueno Art Museum in Tokyo, the National Museum of Modern Art in Seoul
Academic background 1939 - 1944 Kawabata Art School
Awards won the prize in the art contest of liberal creative arts association in Japan, granted his qualifications for full membership in 1943 - awarded the cultural prize (category of art) in Jeollanam-do in 1974 - awarded the art prize in 6th Oh Ji Ho contest in October 1997 - awarded cultural medal of heritages, contributed to develop literary arts on 16th October 2000 - awarded a cultural medal of Korea (2000.10.16)
In 1943, he won the prize as "Girl" at the 7th Free Art Creators Association in Japan. He received the Jeollanam-do Culture Award in 1974, the 6th Oh Jiho Art Award in 1997, and the Archives of Culture in 2000.
[Naver Encyclopedia of Knowledge] Bae dong shin [Bae dong shin, 裵東信] (Encyclopedia of Korean National Culture, Korean Studies Center)
Representative Office (Career) First Chairman of the Watercolor Creators Association, First Chairman of the Korea Watercolors Association
Activities
In 1943, he became a regular member of the Japan Free Art Creators Association. From 1946, he worked as an art teacher at Gwangju Seo Middle School, Jeonnam Girls' High School, Suncheon Normal School, Jindo Middle School, and Yeongam Middle School. After holding the first solo exhibition at Gwangju Library in 1947, he held a'watercolor painting solo exhibition' in Jeolla-do in 1964, 1967, and 1969, and held solo exhibitions in Tokyo in 1973 and Tokyo and Osaka in 1974 in Seoul. He held dozens of solo exhibitions. In 1968, he organized the “Watercolor Creators Association” with Cheol-gyo Park, Yeon-gyun Kang, and Je-gil Woo, and served as the first president. In 1970, he organized the “Hwangtohoe” exhibition with Oh Ji-ho, Kim Young-tae, Choi Yong-gap, Kim In-gyu, Kang Dong-moon, and Kim Soo-ho, and held the first exhibition at the Miro Gallery, Mokpo. In 1972, he became the first member of the “Gu Sangjeon”, and in 1975 he became the first president of the “Korea Watercolors Association”.
Since 1978, he moved to Seoul and moved to Yeosu City, Jeollanam-do in 1989 to continue his art work. In 1998, Dongshin Bae held an invitational exhibition of 60 years of watercolor painting at the Gwangju Museum of Art.
I mainly drew nudes, fruit baskets, ports, and mountains, and especially enjoyed painting Mudeungsan Mountain in Gwangju. Most of them were made in watercolor, but they showed quick strokes using a large brush, and changed the subject through bold omission and enlargement. In addition, the sense of movement and volume were expressed by the use of free lines.
"As he is a remarkable world-class watercolor artist, Dong-Shin Bae contributed to reform and improve the watercolor paint into the unique genre of the art since the watercolor painting was used only for a rough sketch on the basis of oil paintings. To encourage the limited art like an infertile local garden meets rain, he dedicated all his efforts, remained in the history."
"Since no one had ever tried to use such a material and easy expression in the art, he was the one of the finest artists who had pursued the deepest spirits of ours.
Blended in his grand conceptual greatness and witted brushstroke in remarkable painting ability, his art painting in watercolors obtained good results. The accurate point of his sight in paintings that gets to the heart of every single subject he never missed is still implemented in composing modern paintings eliminating a solid details of depiction in the portrayal.