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Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Birds and Flowers

Birds and Flowers

late 1800s
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The painting is done by a pyrography method, a technique of burning the surface of materials with a heated tool.

Description

The image depicted on this folding screen is not executed in ink, but rather a method called “pyrography" or "nakhwa,” a technique of burning the surface of materials ranging from wood to paper with the delicately controlled application of a heated metal tool. This technique became widely popular in the 19th century. Scorched marks here replace brush strokes. Nakhwa method is now designated as a Korean Intangible Cultural Asset by the Korean government.
  • ?-1991
    Alan Carter Covell [b. 1952] and Kyu J. Pak-Covell, Garden Grove, CA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1991-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Yi, Seon-hyeong. "Pak Chang-gyu's Scorched Painting of Birds and Flowers [박창규(1783~?)의 낙화 화조도]." Misulsa yeongu (1989): 105-116. www.dbpia.co.kr
    Kim, In-gyu and Yeong-jo Kim. Nakwajang. Seoul: National Folk Museum of Korea: 2012.
    Pak, Jeong-hye. “Scorched Paintings of Korea During the 19th and early 20th century [19세기와 20세기전반의 烙畵연구]. Misulsa yeongu 33. (2017), 73-102. www.dbpia.co.kr
    Beyond Folding Screens [조선, 병풍의 나라]. Seoul: Amorepacific Museum of Art, 2018.
    Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Edited by An Min-hŭi. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 212-218, no. 121
  • Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 121). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. OH (March 10, 2003-July 16, 2003).
    Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1991.80