Western Painter Park Chang-don, Who Breathed Nostalgic Sentiment into Oil Paintings, Passes Away

Uniquely Depicting the Roots of Our Culture, Including Earthenware Jars

Veteran Western-style painter Park Chang-don passed away on the 16th at the age of 94.

He was the originator who uniquely depicted the roots of our culture and the Korean ideal. Born in 1928 in Jangyeon, Hwanghae Province, he graduated from the Department of Fine Arts at Haeju Art School. The following year, in 1949, he moved to Seoul and worked under the name "Park Don." Longing for his hometown, which he could never return to, he expressed his local sentiments and memories of his hometown without reservation. He mainly painted thatched houses imbued with the emotion of homesickness, baskets, chickens, ducks, pigeons, horses, cows, mountains, seas, skies, and the moon. He also expressed ancient Korean pottery jars and Joseon white porcelain with exceptional passion.

'The Riverbank I Went to with My Nuna'

Most of his works are oil paintings, but the oiliness is removed, giving a strong rustic feeling. In his works from the late 1970s, even the feeling of old murals is conveyed. He served as a lecturer at Seorabeol Art College and Hongik University and was a professor at Mokwon University. He was also active as an invited artist and judge at the National Art Exhibition. The funeral hall is set up in Room 35 of the Seoul Asan Medical Center Funeral Hall. The funeral procession will be held at 9:20 a.m. on the 18th.

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