Park Soo-Gun's paintings are unique. Small, somber, and roughly textured, they are at first glance unassuming and unpretentious. But it is these very qualities, combined with the abstract, simplified rendering of his idyllic subject matter - traditional country scenes - that give his works their power and poetry. Here, a woman sits in front of her thatched-roof house on a village street. The orange of her chogori (jacket) is the only spot of bright color in a palette that is otherwise deliberately muted and modest. Beside her are several large jars for pickeled kimchee. Curvilinear rhythms knit the composition together.

The artist was born in Yang Gu in Kangwon province. After graduating from his local high school in 1932, he participated in "Sun" exhibitions in Seoul until 1944. From 1953 to 1964 his work was shown in the "National" exhibitions in Seoul. His work has been shown in many exhibitions of modern art in San Francisco, New York, Tokyo and Seoul.

Three paintings by Park Soo-Gun have been sold in these rooms, "Farmers", on April 27, 1993, lot 45, "Dancers" on November 17, 1993, lot 121, and "Women beneath a tree" on April 27, 1994, lot 101.