"Unrimsanbang"
was the name of a studio where the painter Sochi
worked in the 19th century. The name of the atelier,
Unrim, which means "forest
of mist," came from the misty
landscape of its location, deep in the forests of rugged
Mt. Chomchal. The name is also fitting for the painter,
Sochi, who once wrote "A Poem for Mist and
Flower."
At the atlier, Sochi raised and
educated his son Misan Heo Hyong, who also painted there.
This studio is also the place where the famous painter
Uiche Heo Bek-ryon learned painting from Misan. Historic
Unrimsanbang is further a base of Korean Nanga which
produced Nanga painters for four generations, including
Sochi, Misan, Namnong and Imchon.
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