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DiaporamaPainting of Tableware and Twigs on Two-panel Screen
lee han-bok (1897 – 1940)
Discover Lee Han-bok (Yi Han-bok), a Korean painter (1897-1940) known for exquisite flower & bird paintings in the Nihonga style. Explore colonial art & his legacy.
National Palace Museum of Korea (Seoul, South Korea)
Explore Korea's royal history & art at Seoul's National Palace Museum! Discover Joseon dynasty treasures, palace artifacts, & stunning Uigwe texts. 🇰🇷✨
The first panel depicts stones, chrysanthemums, a teapot, grapes, pears, a cold pot, chestnuts, elixir of immortality, twigs, peanuts, radish, and persimmons. The second panel depicts flowers and objects such as a magnolia, beach rose, orchid, pink, peony, fingered citron, antique bronze vessels, and a Buddhist ceremonial scepter. The items are arranged in the empty space without any background, drawn using a variety of vivid colors. There are four-letter titles of the painting in the upper left corner of the first panel and upper right corner of the second panel. And there are sealed phrases on each panel: “Learn from the cause of Qing dynasty China’s painter Hua Yan (華?, 1682-1756)”on the first panel and “Lee Han-bok, in 12th lunar month, 1857”on the second panel.
About this artwork
- Title: Painting of Tableware and Twigs on Two-panel Screen
- Artist: lee han-bok
- Year: 1917
- Format: Tall
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Where to see it: National Palace Museum of Korea
- Period: 19th Century
- Color palette: Dark
- Main color: Rosy Brown
- Keywords: lee han-bok artwork , chinese influence art , asian still life art
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