Title of art	하와쓰/Haworth			Sector	Korean painting (한국화)
Art specifications	25?34cm			Material technique	Color on paper
Collection year	1998			Production year	1981
Gallery	Seoul Museum of Art			Artist	Chun Kyung-ja
Description of art	Chun Kyung-ja established a unique style of the traditional chaesaekhwa [oriental color painting]. While chaesaekhwa comprises the majority of her best-known paintings, Chun also created many travel paintings, ink and color wash paintings, illustrations, and drawings. Chun embarked on a series of trips overseas for about 30 years since 1969. Chun’s travel paintings are her unique genre of works based on the artist’s sketches capturing the moments and experiences she witnessed during her trips. In the 1980s, Chun sought out the worlds of literature and film. Chun had fostered an appreciation for literature and film since her student days, and over the years, film, theater, pop music, and dance became more than just a hobby for the artist; they had become the sources of her artistic inspiration, the means for consoling her lonesome life, and materials for her work. Chun’s quest for internationally renowned literary masters’ footsteps resulted in her visual and written works, wherein her passion and affection for culture and the arts can be found. Chun's endless pursuit of the primal nature of mankind combined with her deep appreciation for the art and culture of European and American civilizations have led to detailed and realistic styles that also present certain changes in composition and colors, thereby capturing a world of dreams, love, and fantasy on the canvas. (1981) is a painting of the Bronte family home in West Yorkshire, England. An avid reader, Chun followed the traces of the author of the novel Wuthering Heights. Chun saw herself in the misfortunes, solitude, and longing for love in Heathcliff, the protagonist in the Emily Bronte novel as well as the author’s alter ego in the story. Haworth is a small hilltop village where rows of old stone brick houses sit along either side of the quaint stone-tile road uphill. Before heading to these “wuthering heights,” Chun sketched the Bronte house. Behind the stone walls of the house lies a wide stretch of grassland that meets the grey sky in the horizon. The claret heath shrubs dried up from the winter cold are depicted with a pinkish hue in Chun’s work, which along with the green grassland dispels the frigid winter atmosphere and instead offers a peaceful ambiance. The high position of the horizon in the painting augments the perceived expanse captured in the work despite the small size of the canvas. The aesthetic choices in color and composition demonstrate Chun’s exceptionally unique artistic acumen.
Address	61, Deoksugung-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul			Source	Seoul Metropolitan Government