Samsung Electronics and the National Museum of Korea as we speak introduced that they’ve made 20 fastidiously chosen works from the late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-Hee’s famend artwork assortment accessible on Samsung Art Store. A bigger choice of the gathering’s unique items is at the moment on show on the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, D.C.
High-resolution digital variations of the chosen works — consultant masterpieces of Korean artwork — might be considered on Samsung Art Store’s National Museum of Korea web page. Through this initiative, Samsung and the National Museum of Korea purpose to introduce the richness and excellence of conventional Korean artwork to Samsung shoppers worldwide.
Samsung TVs Offer a Korean Art Masterpiece Experience in High-Resolution
The 20 artworks chosen from the Lee Kun-Hee Collection at the moment are viewable in gorgeous 4K decision on Samsung TVs, providing customers a vivid digital encounter with the masterpieces. A number of featured works value highlighting in Samsung Art Store embrace:
- “Clearing After Rain on Mount Inwang” (National Treasure No. 216) – A consultant instance of true-view panorama portray
- “Ten Symbols of Longevity” – A chunk that symbolizes needs for well being and lengthy life
- “Sound of Autumn” – An autumnal-themed piece by Kim Hongdo, a number one painter of the Joseon Dynasty
- “Sun, Moon, and Five Peaks” – A royal courtroom portray symbolizing the Joseon monarchy
Additional works embrace “Banquet of King Yeongjo and Officials in Gyeonghyeondang Hall,” “Butterflies,” “Five Emperors of the Five Cardinal Directions,” “Four Underworld Messengers,” “The Flower Garland Sutra (Avatamsaka Sutra), Vol. 15,” “Scholar’s Accoutrements in a Bookcase,” “Gathering of Families with Multiple Generations of Government Service,” “Gudambong Peaks,” “Panels of a Man’s Ideal Life,” “Royal Banquet in the Imjin Year,” “Sea, Cranes, and Sacred Peaches,” “Tripitaka Bodhisattvas,” “Viewing the Capital From the Seobinggo Icehouse,” “The King Views the Dredging,” “Tiger and Magpie” and “Wrestling in the Afternoon,” all of which signify Korea’s creative heritage.
Meanwhile, the National Museum of Korea is presenting the particular exhibition “Korean Treasures: Collected, Cherished, Shared” on the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art. The exhibition showcases fastidiously chosen works from the late Chairman Lee’s donated assortment that embody the essence of Korean artwork.
The exhibition options greater than 200 works together with seven National Treasures, spanning 1,500 years of Korean creativity. Notably, it’s the largest particular exhibition of Korean artwork held in North America in over 40 years, drawing vital consideration throughout Washington, in addition to different areas of the United States.
The National Museum of Korea plans to proceed the worldwide tour of the Lee Kun-Hee Collection with exhibitions at:
- The Art Institute of Chicago (March–July 2026)
- The British Museum (Sept. 2026–Jan. 2027)
The 20 works launched on Samsung Art Store will stay accessible for public viewing till January 2027, when the worldwide touring exhibitions conclude.
The Lee Family Continues the Late Chairman’s Legacy Through Cultural Contributions
“Even if collecting and preserving cultural heritage requires tremendous cost and time, I believe it is our duty to safeguard the future of our culture,” the late Chairman Lee as soon as acknowledged, demonstrating his devotion to cultural preservation.
Inheriting this philosophy of cultural contribution, Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Jay Y. Lee and different members of the Lee household donated greater than 23,000 artworks from the late Chairman’s lifelong private assortment in April 2021 to establishments such because the National Museum of Korea and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art.
Since then,…
