Korea from Orchid Press

Seoul: Seoul Metropolitan Government & KBS, 1987. Catalogue of the third of this annual collectors' exhibition. Concentrating on the genre of 'flower and bird' paintings, all illustrated pieces exhibit great freedom and vibrancy in the unique style of Korean folk painting. The catalogue illustrates 63 individual paintings and 44 multipanel screens, including a section dedicated to screens created exclusively for… Read more about this item

Seoul: The Korea Foundation, 1996. A catalogue of the superb collections of Korean art in the Honolulu Academy of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Seattle Art Museum. A complete list of all holdings in each museum, descriptions of the many illustrated objects, and an outline of the history of each collection… Read more about this item

Seoul: Seoul Metropolitan Government & KBS, 1991. Catalogue of the seventh of this annual collectors' exhibition. Focusses on arts of the Korean scholar's studio. Exhibits include woodblock printed letter paper, calligraphy brushes, decorated inkcakes, inkstones, brushpots, ceramic water droppers, stationery boxes, writing tables, and other scholar's accoutrements. All exhibits are very fine examples of their type, drawn from various private… Read more about this item

Seoul: The Korea Foundation, 1995. A catalogue of the superb collections of Korean art in the Tokyo National Museum, the Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, and the Yamato Bunkakan. All three of these institutions hold unrivalled masterpieces of Korean art; of particular note are the ceramics in Osaka, which surpass all other collections, worldwide. A complete list of all… Read more about this item

Seoul: Library of the Natoinal Assembly of Korea, 1968. A dictionary of the seals of famous Korean painters and calligraphers through the ages. Organized by proper name as well as brush name ('ho') and studio name ('tangho'), the (often multiple) seals of approximately 1,100 artists are recorded; where biographical details are known, these are also summarized. Seals are mostly depicted… Read more about this item

n/a: Institute of Korean Archaeology and Art History, 1993. Nestled in the mountains overlooking the southern port city of Yosu, Chollanamdo Province, Hungkuksa Temple is the depository of a large number of Korean Buddhist paintings ('t'aenghwa') of the mid Yi Dynasty, beautifully executed and well preserved, many of a particularly impressive scale. (The largest painting illustrated is some 12 meters… Read more about this item