Korean culture. Gallery Artists during the Japanese occupation Korean artists from the middle 1880s until 1945 had a very difficult time when Korea was freed by the allies after the unconditional surrender of Japan. From the 1880s onward, the emerging popularity of western art in Japan lead to a low opinion of traditional Korean art. Nevertheless, the formation of the Korean crafts museum in 1924 by Japanese philosopher Yanagi Sōetsu is a strong example of Japanese aesthetes who still appreciated Korean art. Japan also held an exhibition of Korean art that produced many young Korean artists such as Park Su-geun. To this date there has not been a retrospective show of the hidden art under Japanese occupation, or a discussion of the conflicts between those who were forced into compromise under Japanese artistic demands. It is a sensitive issue, with artists who studied and worked in Japan and painted in the Japanese style forced into self-defense and justification of compromise without other alternatives. Bridging the late Joseon dynasty and the Japanese occupation period were noteworthy artists such as: Chi Un-Yeong (1853–1936) and others. Major 20th-century Korean artists Colour theory has been used over formal perspective, and there has yet to be an overlap between painterly art and pop-graphics, since the primary influence on painters is Korean pottery. Kim Tschang-yeul Park Su-geun Nam June Paik Chang Ucchin Seund Ja Rhee Lee Ufan New wave Lee Dong Youb Suh Yongsun 21st-century Korean artists Haegue Yang Choi Jeong Hwa Amy Sol David Choe Seonna Hong Tschoon Su Kim Junggeun Oh Kim Sang-soon See also Korean art Korean calligraphy List of Korean painters Chinese painting Japanese painting History of Asian art Notes References Dunn, Michael, The Art of East Asia, ed. Gabriele Fahr-Becker, Volume 2, 1998, Könemann, Further reading External links Pyongyang-painters.com is specialized on introducing North Korean painters General introduction Northeast Asia's intramural mural wars, 6th century Korean murals Painting by Chi Un-Yeong (1853–1936) of the famous 11th-century Chinese scholar-poet Su Dong-Po Online Collection of Modern and Contemporary Korean Paintings Korean art