Peter Sukonek – Tongil Tours partner and North Korean Art and Architecture Tour tour leader TONGIL TOURS DESTINATION HIGHLIGHT: The National Gallery of the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea–and the most important painting in the DPRK. It’s the one art object in North Korea you do not want to miss — and yet many do not realize its significance. It is a painting entitled “Evening Glow Over Kangsǒn” (강선의 저녁노을), pictured below. Painted in 1973 by Jŏng Yŏng-man (known as the most important North Korean painter in DPRK history) every North Korean to whom I have ever mentioned Evening Glow Over Kangsǒn knows it well and declares its importance. It is certainly a national treasure for the North Koreans. What is interesting about the object is that it does not contain an image of one of the Kims, and yet it is still considered the most important North Korean… [Read More]
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