There is a man who is trying to inherit and develop the old Korean traditional art. He recently published a book titled "Korean Pictorial Calligraphy" at his own expense and sent the books to universities which have classes on Korean folk art. Further, he is willing to provide the books to individuals who are studying the Korean traditional folk art.

In the country market places or on bustling street corner in big cities throughout Korea, you may have seen a man who paints tigers, bamboo trees, butterflies, etc., which instantly turn into characters, with wide-edged brushes. This is the pictorial calligraphy that is now on the brink of extinction. The pictorial calligraphy is known to have been generated from the creativity of folk art painters, who were not recognized as full-fledged artists in the orthodox painting world and instead were regarded as being low-class art.

Mr. Kang was fascinated by the beauty of this old art when he was young. Thus, he learned the drawing from the late renowned master, Mr. Ji-Sung Hong, about 30 years ago. Ever since then, he has been practicing this drawing in order to be a specialist in this art field. Mr. Kang stated "since poor artists earned a living by selling their drawings, they avoided teaching the technique to others. That is the reason why this art is now fading."

He is planning to travel around the world next year in order to introduce this art to foreign countries, by earning daily expense with the drawing of this pictorial calligraphy.

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