Hanbyeogwon Art Museum

The Woljeon Art and Culture Foundation was established in 1989 by gathering the wishes of people in the art and cultural circles to commemorate the artistic spirit of Woljeon Jang Woo-sung (1912-2005), who left great achievements in the inheritance and development of Korean traditional painting, and to contribute to the development of Korean painting. Woljeon Jang Woo-seong is widely known as a Korean artist who created the Portrait of Admiral Yi Sun-sin at Hyeonchungsa Temple, the Jiphyeonjeon Scholars Painting at the King Sejong Memorial Hall, and the Baekdu Mountain and Stream Map at the National Assembly Building. The foundation changed its name to Woljeon Art and Culture Foundation in 1991, and opened the Hanbyeokwon Art Museum in Samcheong-dong, Seoul in the same year to promote preservation, research, education, and exhibition activities of Korean painting. Currently, the Hanbyeokwon Art Museum holds more than 10 special exhibitions and invitational exhibitions related to Oriental painting every year, introducing the works of domestic and foreign artists, and continues to operate lectures and academic activities on Oriental literature, history, philosophy, and artistic ideas through the Oriental Art Research Society. The foundation expanded its business area with the opening of the Icheon City Woljeon Art Museum in 2007, and is currently contributing to the development of Korean art culture as a cultural and arts organization encompassing exhibitions, research, education, and academic projects.