PHOTOS: Exhibition in Seoul showcases long-lost Korean paintings
By Park Jong-hyeokPosted : July 9, 2024, 21:28Updated : July 9, 2024, 22:12
SEOUL, July 9 (AJU PRESS) - A special exhibition celebrating the 140th anniversary of the signing of the first diplomatic treaty between Korea and Russia opened its doors to the public in central Seoul on Monday.
Officials from both countries and other distinguished guests, including Russian Ambassador to Korea Georgy Zinoviev and Kim Sun-myung, head of Pushkin House's cultural center in Seoul, gathered for the exhibition's opening, highlighting its significance.
The exhibition features four paintings by renowned artist Jang Seung-eop (1843~1897), lost for over a century, that were recently found in Moscow. These hidden masterpieces were part of gifts presented to Russian Emperor Nicholas II in 1896 by King Gojong, the penultimate monarch of the Joseon Dynasty, to celebrate the emperor's coronation.
The exhibition runs until the end of August at the Appenzeller Noble Memorial Museum, named after missionary Henry Gerhart Appenzeller who opened the first Western-style educational institution in Korea in 1885.
Four paintings by Jang Seung-eop are on display at an exhibition at the Appenzeller Noble Memorial Museum in Seoul. The first two paintings from the left are being shown for the first time in Korea at the exhibition, alongside the others unveiled in Moscow last year. AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok
Old diplomatic documents related to Russia'a first envoy to Korea Karl Ivanovich Weber are on display at the Appenzeller Noble Memorial Museum in Seoul. AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok
Visitors look at displayed items at the Appenzeller Noble Memorial Museum in Seoul on July 8, 2024. AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok
Russian Ambassador to Korea George Zinoviev speaks at an exhibition at the Appenzeller Noble Memorial Museum in Seoul on July 8, 2024. AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok
Russian Ambassador to Korea George Zinoviev speaks at an exhibition at the Appenzeller Noble Memorial Museum in Seoul on July 8, 2024. AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok
Visitors look at displayed items at the Appenzeller Noble Memorial Museum in Seoul on July 8, 2024. AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok
Kim Sun-myung, head of the Pushkin House's cultural center in Seoul, speaks at an exhibition at the Appenzeller Noble Memorial Museum in the capital on July 8, 2024. AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok
