About the artist:

Kim Ki-Chang (Gi-Chang) also known as Unbo was born in Seoul, 1913 and when he was 16 years old in 1930s he commenced to study drawings under Idang's teaching. He was first debuted at the Chosun Drawing exhibition held in May 1931. During the period of 1931-1940, he was consecutively awarded at the exhibitions. In addition he won the remarkable following prizes; 2nd May culture prize in 1963, the 12th Sangil Culture award in 1971, the citizen's merit "Moranjang" of 1981 and Seoul city culture award of 1986. Through the long period of about 60 years of painting experience from early beginning of 1930s up to the latter part of 1980s, he has shown own exclusive processes of the developed course. It was a course where he continuously transfer his endless formative anxiety into the works. Furthermore it was indebted to his artistic progressiveness and a practical trial course where he tried to have own revolutionary behavior to escape from imitation pattern of the existing drawings. Unbo's artistic path has formed the original art world and secured the second to none position in Korean drawing circle.