Socialist Realist art in North Korea developed under the influence of the Soviet Union and China. &n
Socialist Realist art in North Korea developed under the influence of the Soviet Union and China. Art theorists in North Korea divide world art history into two kinds: peoples art, reflecting the needs of the public, and reactionary art, reflecting the ideology of the exploiting class. All artists in North Korea are registered as members of the Korean Artists Federation and receive monthly salaries for which they are expected to produce a certain number of works. The principal institution for training artists is the Pyongyang University of Fine Art. It is extremely difficult to enter but it guarantees preferential treatment after graduation. Its major subjects include the heroic days of anti-Japanese resistance, the Korean war, postwar recovery, socialist nation-building, the masses and of course the leaders. #1 Dae-Tong Road. Hong Yong’il, 2000 #2 Evening on the Seaside. Hwang Inchae, 1998. #3 New Classroom. Hong Ho-ryol, oil painting, 1954 -- source link