Have you ever heard of 'Lee Joong-Sep'?
He is known as Picasso of Korean and one of most famous post modernism artists in Korean.
He moved to Jeju island from Wonsan in North Korea and he left many master pieces of his life in Jeju island during Korean War which is the most sad period in Korean modern history
after Korea got independence from Japanese' colonization.
His actual staying in Jeju island was only 11 months but the beauty of Jeju and simply life of locals inspired to his artistic instinct a lot.
When you see his works you can see his motivation of his works come from a family.
Even though he was suffering from family separation.
The painting above describes the happiness of family while they are refuging from the war.
The most sad situation but it shows his happiness being with all family members.
'The bull' shows sad eyes but muscular body.
Actually it shows himself.
The eyes are for the situation he was at and the body shows that his eruptive inspiration.
He got married to Japanese woman and it made him difficult to love her
because the situation of antagonism between Korea and Japan didn't allow him to do it.
His letter to his wife shows his sincere and sad love to her.
Lee Joog-sup was born in 1916 in Pyungyang in North Korea.
And he died in 1956 in a Red corss hospital by malnutirition.
Even though he died by malnutrition he was suffering a lot from emotional damage.
His works is particular western style with strong color and lines.
However, his works contain lots Korean emotions and grandure and infinitive world.
