Cleveland Museum of Art
Bamboos in Wind
Kim Jin-wooLinkedCulture matchlcp-025268c35d6a
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- Ten-panel folding screen; ink on paper
- Culture
- Korea, Japanese colonial period (1910−1945)
- Department
- Korean Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 340506
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Active during the Japanese colonial period in Korea (1910–45), the artist Jin-woo Kim earned his artistic reputation for his expressive renditions of bamboo swaying in a strong wind. His piercing bamboo shoots are often compared to an iron spear, and their sharp leaves to a knife. It is believed that he deliberately emphasized sharpness in his brushstrokes to express his strong resistance against Japanese colonial oppression. The artist’s prolific artistic production were a major part of fundraising efforts to support resistance activities for Korea’s independence.
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- Credit line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Provenance
- 1934–35: Collection of the artist, Hamheung, North Korea, sold to the Kwak family | 1935–?: Kwak family collection, Korea, by descent to Paul Kwak | ?–2022: Paul Kwak, Akron, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 2022–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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