* 한성도서주식회사는 1920년 종로구 견지동에 설립되어 우리나라 근대출판문화의 주요 흐름을 선도한 출판사이다. 초기에 건립된 건물의 위치는 현재 안국동 오거리에서 조계사 및 우정총국 방향 인도변에 표지석으로만 남아있으며 1957년까지 존재했다고 쓰여있다.

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Album of Paintings by Oh Ji-Ho and Kim Ju-Kyong 1938

<Album of Paintings by Oh Ji-Ho and Kim Ju-Kyong> from 1930 is the first full-colour book printed in Korea. It reveals the prevalence of Impressionism over other artistic styles among the artists. The book includes 10 works by each artist created between the late 1920s and the 1930s.

Each full-colour painting is preceded by related information such as an artist’s note and date of production etc. Towards the end of the volume essays on art theory by the artists are featured - Oh Ji-Ho’s (1905-1982) <Theory of pure painting> and Kim Ju-Kyong’s (1902-1981)’s <Art and aesthetics> - revealing the philosophy behind their art.

The album offers an insight into the artists' personalities, their opinions about their own art, and their production accounts. This is even more important in view of the fact that we cannot establish the original subject of those paintings by Kim Ju-Kyong included in the book. Colonial law required that printing permission be issued only to publications which have both Korean and Japanese version of the text. Our museum has both.