Park Seo-bo

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1931 –

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Who is Park Seo-bo?

Park Seo-bo is a South Korean painter. He is regarded as a leader of Korean modernism, and a father figure of Korean contemporary art, along with Lee Ufan and Kim Tschang Yeul.

Park was born in 1931 in Yecheon, Gyeongbuk, South Korea. While he spent his childhood in Yecheon, he soon moved out to Seoul where he studied at the Hong-Ik University, Seoul, South Korea before graduating in 1954 and in 2000 he received an honorary doctorate from the same institution. He is most famous for his Ecriture series which he began in the 1970s.

He founded the Seo-bo Art and Cultural Foundation, Seoul in 1994 and remains its president.

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Born
1931
South Korea
Also known as
  • Park, Seo Bo

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on July 23, 2013

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