Lot 353: Kim Whanki (1913-1974)

Morning Star, 1966
Signed Whanki
Inscribed on verso in black paint in Roman letters with title, signature and date
Oil on canvas
34 1/8 x 21 1/8in. (86.5 x 53.6cm.)

Kim Whanki entered the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1933. He had his first one-person exhibition at the Amagi Gallery, Tokyo in 1937. In 1940 he had a one-person exhibition at the Jung Ja Ok Gallery, Seoul. He was a lecturer at Seoul University from 1946 to 1948 and a professor at Hong Ik University from 1953 to 1955 and 1959 to 1962. While living in Paris from 1956 to 1959 he had two exhibitions in France: at M. Benezit Gallery in Paris and Muratore Gallery in Nice. When he returned to Seoul in 1959 he had one-person exhibitions at the Korea Information Center Gallery and at the Bando Gallery. In New York he had one-person exhibitions at the Asia House Gallery in 1964, the Tasca Gallery in 1966 and the Poindexter Gallery in 1971 and 1973. The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul held a restrospective of his work in 1975.