Seund Ja Rhee
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| Seund Ja Rhee | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 3, 1918 |
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| Nationality | South Korea |
| Alma mater | Jinju Girls' High School Jissen Women's University Académie de la Grande Chaumière |
| Occupation | Painter, printmaker, ceramist |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 이성자 |
| Hanja | 李聖子 |
| Revised Romanization | Yi Seong-ja |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yi Sŏngja |
Seund Ja Rhee (also transcribed as Seongja Lee; June 3, 1918 – March 8, 2009) was a South Korean painter, printmaker and ceramist [1]. She was a prolific artist with more than 1,000 paintings, 700 prints, 250 ceramics, and numerous drawings[2]. She exhibited mainly in France and in South Korea, with 84 solo exhibitions and almost 300 group exhibitions during her lifetime. In 1958, she moved to Tourrettes, Var (France) where she finally build the "Milky Way", a large atelier and exhibition room.[3]
Early life
Born in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do in Korea under Japanese rule, Rhee studied in Jinju Girls' High School before moving to Japan to attend Jissen Women's University in Tokyo in 1938. In 1938, she returned home and married. In 1951, she was separated from her three sons by the Korean War. Then she left for Paris, where she entered the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in 1953 to study under Yves Brayer and Henri Goetz. In 1958, she moved to Tourrettes, Var, where she used a stone shepherd's cottage for her atelier. In 1996, she build the "Milky Way", a larger atelier, in the Korean style. [4]
References
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External links
- art-cote magazine d'art et d'architecture de Florence Canarelli, http://fcanarelli.free.fr/maison-rhee.html
- Exhibitions and works with Michel Butor, http://henri.desoubeaux.pagesperso-orange.fr/butorweb-s.html (caveat: the entry is located at Seundja, not at Rhee).
- Bibliography of writings by Gaston Diehl on Seund Ja Rhee, http://www.archivesdelacritiquedart.org/outils_documentaires/critiques_d_art/264/bibliographie
- Catalogue of the exhibition at the BMVR of Nice, http://www.bmvr-nice.com.fr/OPACWebAloes/index.aspx?IdPage=171
- Articles containing Korean-language text
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- 1918 births
- 2009 deaths
- Alumni of the Académie de la Grande Chaumière
- People from Jinju
- South Korean artists
- South Korean painters
- 20th-century South Korean painters
- South Korean women artists
- 20th-century women artists
