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KIM WHANKI: Abstract Artist (1913 – 1974) “Mountain” A pioneering abstract artist of Korea. Kim belongs to the first generation of Korean Abstract artists, mixing oriental concepts and ideals with abstraction. This piece recently sold for $1 million dollars at the Seoul Auction of Modern & Contemporary Art. KIM WHANKI: Abstract Artist (1913 – 1974) Kim’s early works were semi-abstract paintings which allowed beholders to see certain forms, but his later works were more deeply absorbed abstract paintings, filled with lines and spaces KIM WHANKI: “Landscape in Blue” Oil on Canvas