Nationality North Korean Known for painting, watercolor | Name Kim Song-gun | |
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Born 1945 (age 70–71) Chonma, North Pyongan, Korea Education Pyongyang University of Fine Arts Notable work Waves of the Sea Kumgang Awards 1999: People's Prize for Waves of the Sea Kumgang | ||
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Kim Song-gun, also Kim Seong-geun (Hangul: 김성근; born 1945 in Chonma, Korea) is a North Korean painter. He works at the Mansudae Art Studio in Pyongyang.
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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. 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.
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