FDA-A.2559-2024
Parts
Object number
FDA-A.2559-2024
Object type
Identification
Title
Hwahwedo
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
A series of flower paintings, mounted on fabric and set within wooden screen or room divider
Comments
Kyung Kap Min was an artist known for his delicate flower and landscape paintings, who lived in South Korea. KyungKap Min is known for Painting. He was a member of a group of painters from Seoul National University called the Muklimhoe who, in the 1960s, attempted to explore the abstract possibilities of ink painting. Artist Suh Se-ok (1929-2020) was the leader of the Muklimhoe group.
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 2060mm
width (actual size): 3864mm
depth (actual size): 16mm
width (actual size): 483mm
depth (actual size): 128mm
width (actual size): 3864mm
depth (actual size): 16mm
width (actual size): 483mm
depth (actual size): 128mm
Dimension note
Screen fits into box measuring:
L: 2085 mm
W: 518 mm
D: 145 mm
L: 2085 mm
W: 518 mm
D: 145 mm
Materials & techniques note
Ink wash and light colour painting on paper; set within black painted wooden room divider
Production
Person
Min, Kyung Kap, 1933 - 2018 (Artist)
Date
1973
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Presented to Eton College by the family of Seojoon Justin Kim (PEPW, 2019-2024) to mark Eton’s inaugural East and South East Asian Heritage Month (2023) - organised by Justin and the Heritage Month Planning Committee, and the exhibition ‘The Wind from the East’ (2024)
