Commemorated the 123rd anniversary of Na’s birth
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Na Hye-sok
Na Hye-sŏk (Korean: 나혜석, April 28, 1896 – December 10, 1948) was a Korean feminist, poet, writer, painter, educator, and journalist. Her art name was Jeongwol. She was a pioneering Korean feminist writer and painter. She was the first female professional painter and the first feminist writer in Korea. She created some of the earliest Western-style paintings in Korea, and published feminist novels…
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culture · Korean feminist (1896–1948) · poet · journalist · philosopher · painter · writer · politician · printmaker · sculptor · activist · also Na Hye-sok, Na Hyesŏk, Na Hyesok, Hye-sok
Born 18 April 1896 · Died 10 December 1948 · Q466477
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2019· 1 entry
2000· 1 entry
Seoul Arts Center opened a retrospective exhibition of her works, and in 2022, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) displayed this self-portrait as part of its Korean contemporary art exhibition, titled “The Spac
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1948· 2 entries
Died 1948-12-10.
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At a charity hospital, with no one to claim her remains
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1934· 2 entries
Raising issues with gender inequality endorsed by Korean morality and tradition
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Her extremely controversial piece of writing that criticized gender roles as well as her husband's behavior in their marriage
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1928· 2 entries
Na stayed for three months in the Le Vésinet suburb of Paris at the home of Félicien Challaye, an anti-colonialist who supported the Korean independence movement
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During Na's stay in Paris as part of her 21-month trip around the world with her husband
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1927· 1 entry
Na and her husband embarked on a tour of Europe and America lasting a year and a half, with the sponsorship of the Japanese government
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1926· 2 entries
Na Hye-sŏk described her painting style as "influenced by her Japanese professors
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Na continued her habit of writing about topics unconventional for her time when she contributed articles to the Chosun Ilbo under the title "While creating an art exhibition entry"
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1923· 1 entry
Na attracted much attention for her essay "Thoughts on becoming a mother," in which she criticized her husband for leaving child-rearing entirely up to her
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1921· 1 entry
Na had her first exhibition of paintings and the first exhibition by a Korean woman painter in Seoul
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1920· 2 entries
Na married Kim Woo-young (1886–1958) in Jeongdong Wedding Hall, Seoul
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Na, along with Kim Iryeop and ten men, contributed to the coterie literary magazine Pyeho
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1919· 1 entry
Participated in the March 1st Movement against Japanese rule
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1918· 1 entry
Concerns a woman's self-discovery and her subsequent search for meaning in life as a "new woman
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1913· 1 entry
Na majored in Western oil painting at Tokyo Arts College for Women
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1896· 1 entry
Born 1896-04-18.
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