Kim Song-gun

Kim Song-gun (Korean: 김성근; born 1945) is a North Korean painter. He works at the Mansudae Art Studio in Pyongyang.

For other people with the same name, see Kim Sung-keun.
This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

Kim Song-gun
Born1945 (age 74–75)
Chonma, North Pyongan, Korea
NationalityNorth Korean
EducationPyongyang University of Fine Arts
Known forpainting, watercolor
Notable work
Waves of the Sea Kumgang
Awards1999: People's Prize for Waves of the Sea Kumgang
Kim Song-gun
Chosŏn'gŭl
Revised RomanizationGim Seong-geun
McCune–ReischauerKim Sŏng'gŭn

Work
Kim Jong-il and Vladimir Putin shakes hands in front of Waves of the Sea Kumgang in 2000.

Kim Song-gun is also called "Painter of the Waves" since he mostly paints sea and river sceneries with thunderous waters. Despite a very realistic depiction the paintings carry a subtle kind of modern abstraction achieved through the dramatic presentation of the waves.[1] One of those paintings, Waves of the Sea Kumgang, was noticed internationally due to a photo from Bill Clinton's state visit to North Korea in 2009 showing him sitting next to Kim Jong-il with the large green waves painting in the background.[2]

Awards

Notes
  1. Ruthe, Ingeborg. "My image of the Week (Mein Bild der Woche)". Berliner Zeitung. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  2. "Bill Clinton's North Korea Rescue Mission". TIME Magazine. 5 August 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  3. "KIM Song Gun". galerie son. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
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