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Cho Yong-ik | |
Hangul | 조용익 |
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Hanja | 趙容翊 |
Revised Romanization | Cho Yong-ik |
McCune–Reischauer | Cho Yongik |
Cho Yong-ik (20 February 1934 – 2 July 2023) was a South Korean artist. He was a leading figure in Korean abstract painting along with Kim Tschang Yeul, Park Seo-bo, and Chung Sang-Hwa.
Cho was born in Pukchong County, South Hamgyong Province on 20 February 1934.[1] He majored in art from Seoul National University and attended the Paris Biennale in 1961 and 1969 as one of Korea's delegates.[2] His works are on exhibition in multiple museums, including the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, and the Ho-Am Art Museum.[3]
Cho died on 2 July 2023, at the age of 89.[4]