1990’s “Quietly Opening White Lotus Flowers” by Kim Kyong Hee – Framed

“Quietly Opening Lotus Flowers”. Ink and wash on rice paper, calligraphy signature and red seal stamp, matted and framed. Artist – Kim Kyong Hee (Korean, b. 1931) Provenance: Ming’s Gallery

From the Baltimore Sun: The grand imagination of a child and the bold, brilliant colors of the rainbow mark the work of Kim Kyong Hee, a contemporary Korean painter with traditional flair. His tigers grin with big fangs, large eyes and red lips. His blue magpies speak with purple beaks and his trees wear fan-shaped leaves. Kim paints with vivid colors and larger-than-life images of animals and fish. He’s a minhwa painter – min for folk, and hwa for painting — who is preserving traditional Korean art as industrialization sweeps his country. “His work is just fantastic,” said Bob Schingeck, president of Ming’s Asian Gallery in Towson. “A big problem is getting the next generation interested in passing on the heritage. He preserves the culture and heritage of Korean people through art.”