Kim En Joong
Collection L'Histoire à vif
240 pages - janv. 2005
24,20€
Ce livre retrace la vie du père Kim En Joong, dominicain coréen et artiste-peintre religieux reconnu dans le monde entier. Kim En Joong est né en Corée du Sud en 1940 sous l'occupation japonaise. Les rizières de son enfance et l'usine Goon-Si de Daejon où travaillait son père calligraphe marqueront le début d'une véritable épopée qui, après l'école des beaux-arts de Séoul (où son talent, déjà, sera reconnu) et l'armée sud-coréenne (où il portera l'uniforme de lieutenant), le conduira à se faire baptiser. Un voyage improvisé en Europe s'achèvera en une merveilleuse aventure artistique et religieuse. D'abord étudiant en philosophie en Suisse, puis novice au couvent des dominicains de Fribourg, il sera encouragé dans la religion catholique et soutenu dans son talent de peintre par les pères Pfister et Geiger, qui lui conseilleront d'aller à Paris et faciliteront son transfert pour continuer sa vie d'apostolat et d'artiste peintre. Reconnues par les hautes instances de sa communauté, comme les maîtres de l'Ordre Damian Byrne, Timothy Radcliffe et Carlos Aspiroz Costa, mais aussi par les critiques et les directeurs artistiques du monde entier, les peintures du père Kim sont exposées en Europe (Paris, Rome, Zurich, Dublin, etc.), aux USA (San Francisco, New York, Chicago) et en Orient (Tokyo, Séoul, Pékin). Ses œuvres figurent aussi bien dans les galeries des capitales et les musées que dans les couvents et les monastères. Ses vitraux ornent des édifices religieux en Europe et partout dans le monde. En France, il a réalisé, entre autres, la chapelle de Bénodet, en Bretagne, ainsi que les vitraux de la cathédrale d'Évry et de l'église de Saint-Pierre-Aumaître d'Angoulême.
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This book recounts the life of Father Kim En Joong, a Korean Dominican priest and a religious painter known all over the world. Kim En Joong was born in 1940 in South Korea, which was then under Japanese occupation. The rice fields of his childhood and the Goon-si factory in Daejon, where his father worked as a calligrapher, set the scene for a saga that took him from the Art School in Seoul (where his talent was quickly recognised) to the South Korean army (where he reached the rank of lieutenant), and to baptism. A surprise journey to Europe was transformed into a wondrous artistic and religious experience. Firstly a philosophy student in Switzerland, then a novice at the Dominican monastery in Fribourg, he was encouraged in the Catholic religion, and as a painter, by Fathers Pfister and Geiger who advised him to go to Paris and facilitated the move; to enable him to continue his artistic and apostolic life. Recognised by the most distinguished figures of his community, such as the masters of the Damian Byrne Order, Timothy Radcliffe and Carlos Asproz Costa, but also by art critics throughout the world, Father Kim’s paintings are exhibited in Europe ( Paris, Rome, Zurich, Dublin…), in the U.S.A. (San Francisco, New York, Chicago…) and in the Far East ( Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing). His works can be seen in the galleries and museums of capital cities as well as in convents and monasteries. His stained glass windows decorate religious edifices in Europe and all over the world. In France, his works include the chapel at Bénodet, in Brittany, the stained glass windows of the cathedral at Evry, and the church of Saint Pierre-Aumaître in Angoulème.
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This book recounts the life of Father Kim En Joong, a Korean Dominican priest and a religious painter known all over the world. Kim En Joong was born in 1940 in South Korea, which was then under Japanese occupation. The rice fields of his childhood and the Goon-si factory in Daejon, where his father worked as a calligrapher, set the scene for a saga that took him from the Art School in Seoul (where his talent was quickly recognised) to the South Korean army (where he reached the rank of lieutenant), and to baptism. A surprise journey to Europe was transformed into a wondrous artistic and religious experience. Firstly a philosophy student in Switzerland, then a novice at the Dominican monastery in Fribourg, he was encouraged in the Catholic religion, and as a painter, by Fathers Pfister and Geiger who advised him to go to Paris and facilitated the move; to enable him to continue his artistic and apostolic life. Recognised by the most distinguished figures of his community, such as the masters of the Damian Byrne Order, Timothy Radcliffe and Carlos Asproz Costa, but also by art critics throughout the world, Father Kim’s paintings are exhibited in Europe ( Paris, Rome, Zurich, Dublin…), in the U.S.A. (San Francisco, New York, Chicago…) and in the Far East ( Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing). His works can be seen in the galleries and museums of capital cities as well as in convents and monasteries. His stained glass windows decorate religious edifices in Europe and all over the world. In France, his works include the chapel at Bénodet, in Brittany, the stained glass windows of the cathedral at Evry, and the church of Saint Pierre-Aumaître in Angoulème.
- Dimensions : 135x215x15
- ISBN : 9782204077491
- Poids : 322 grammes