Lee Ungno, the man of crowds
9 June to 19 November 2017
Lee Ungno (1904-1989) was one of the most important Asian painters of the twentieth century, at the crossroads of Far East and Europe, of past and present.
Opening hours
Tuesday through sunday from 10 a.m. to 06p.m.
Last admission at 05.30 p.m.
Closed on monday
Exhibition rates
Full rate: €8
Reduced rate: €6
In the 1950s, he abandoned traditional art for modern, abstract forms, thus playing a pioneering role in the foundation of contemporary Korean art.
Later figuring as a member of the Parisian avant-garde alongside Hartung, Soulages and Zao Wou-Ki, he was also a teacher of ink painting who inspired an entire generation of artists.
His exploration of the relationship between calligraphy and abstraction in the seventies gave rise to the emblematic theme of his work: Crowds. They constituted the symbol of budding democracy in South Korea.
Since 1971, the Cernuschi Museum has been home to the oriental painting academy founded by Lee Ungno, and the museum collections contain over a hundred of his works made between 1954 and 1989. A selection of these works in the exhibition will allow visitors to discover a prolific opus with communicative energy.

1973
encre et couleurs sur papier, 65,7 x 42,2 cm
Musée Cernuschi / Roger-Viollet / ADAGP 2017

1978
encre sur papier, 42,2 x 33 cm
Alexandra Llaurency / Musée Cernuschi / Roger-Viollet / ADAGP 2017

1986
encre sur papier, 137,5 x 68 cm
Musée Cernuschi / Roger-Viollet / ADAGP 2017

1974
encre et couleurs sur papier, 125,8 x 79,2 cm
Stéphane Piera / Musée Cernuschi / Roger-Viollet / ADAGP 2017

1973
encre et couleurs sur papier 154,9 x 68,9 cm
Musée Cernuschi / Roger-Viollet / ADAGP 2017

1987
encre et couleurs sur papier, 45,5 x 68,4 cm
Musée Cernuschi / Roger-Viollet / ADAGP 2017

1979
couleurs sur papier, 41,3 x 70,5 cm
Musée Cernuschi / Roger-Viollet / ADAGP 2017

1983
encre sur papier, 96,6 x 33 cm
Musée Cernuschi / Roger-Viollet / ADAGP 2017

1977
encre et couleurs sur papier, 130 x 66,6 cm
Musée Cernuschi / Roger-Viollet / ADAGP 2017

1976
encre sur papier 135 x 69,5 cm
Musée Cernuschi / Roger-Viollet / ADAGP 2017

1983
encre sur papier, 137,8 x 71,5 cm
Musée Cernuschi / Roger-Viollet / ADAGP 2017

1985
encre sur papier, 150,5 x 82,5 cm
Musée Cernuschi / Roger-Viollet / ADAGP 2017

1954
encre et couleurs sur papier, 13 x 15,5 cm
Musée Cernuschi / Roger-Viollet / ADAGP 2017

1959
encre sur papier marouflé sur papier doré 28 x 1 9 cm
Musée Cernuschi / Roger-Viollet / ADAGP 2017

1959
encre sur papier 66 x 51,3 cm
Musée Cernuschi / Roger-Viollet / ADAGP 2017

années 1970
ADAGP 2017