Paik-Yu Han Mook
1914–2016
Han Baekyu - the artist's real name; Mook is a pen name. In Korean, 한백유 (hanja 韓百由), per the Insa Auction artist page (https://insaauction.com/service/author_view.html?idx=3351), which records him as born in Seoul in 1914 and studying at the Kawabata art school in Japan from 1935 - consistent with the Cedar Rapids catalogue's "School of Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan (1935/42)." Also recorded as Han Mook, Paik-Yu Han Mook, Paik-Yu Han, and (in the Cedar Rapids 1981 catalogue) Pai-Yu Han Mook and Pai-Yu Man Mook. Japanese name Momoda. The Korean form of the pen name Mook is not yet sourced.
- Born
- 1914, South Korea
- Died
- 2016, France
- Gender
- Male
- Studio eras
- Listed in
- Moser Appendix (1977)
- Tate Roster book (1952–88)
Atelier 17 group shows 4
- 1973Atelier 17 Prints
Newcastle City Art Gallery, Newcastle, Australia · May 16 to June 11, 1973
Traveled to
- The Western Australian Art Gallery, Perth, Australia · October 19 to November 19, 1973
Notes and sources
About the exhibiting artists
"Mariana Berela (Colombia)" in the catalogue is Mariana Varela. "Ben (Israel)" is linked to the Atelier 17 member recorded only as "Ben," about whom nothing more is yet known.
Sources
Exhibition pamphlet, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/84/1.
- 1976Exposition Atelier “17” S. W. Hayter
Galerie du Centre, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo · November 29 to December 24, 1976
Notes and sources
About the exhibiting artists
The pamphlet gives surnames only. "Yoshida" is linked to Kenji Yoshida, the Yoshida whose dates of affiliation with Atelier 17 (1964–1970) are closest to this exhibition.
Sources
Exhibition pamphlet, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/97/1.
- 1978Obra gráfica contemporánea: Atelier 17
Museo Biblioteca Pape, Monclova, Coahuila · February 25 to May 27, 1978
Notes and sources
Sources
Obra gráfica contemporánea: Atelier Clot, Bramsen et Georges; Slade School of Fine Art; Atelier 17. Introduction by Sylvia Pandolfi. Monclova, Coahuila: Museo Biblioteca Pape, 1978.
- 1981Atelier 17: New Directions
Cedar Rapids Art Association, Cedar Rapids, Iowa · October 18, 1981 to January 24, 1982
Traveled to
- Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City, Iowa · October 24 to November 15, 1981
- Muscatine Art Center, Muscatine, Iowa · April 12 to May 23, 1982
- Polk County Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa · June 5 to July 4, 1982
- Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · July 25 to August 22, 1982
- Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas · September 11 to October 10, 1982
- Brunnier Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa · October 30 to November 28, 1982
- Art Center Inc., South Bend, Indiana · December 18, 1982 to January 16, 1983
- Art Gallery, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, New York · February 5 to March 6, 1983
- Albright Art Museum, St. Joseph, Missouri · March 26 to April 24, 1983
- College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota · May 14 to June 12, 1983
- Art Gallery, SUNY Albany, Albany, New York · July 2 to July 31, 1983
- Tennessee Botanical Garden and Fine Arts Center, Nashville, Tennessee · August 20 to September 18, 1983
- Pratt Manhattan Center Gallery, New York, New York · until November 12, 1983
Notes and sources
The Cedar Rapids Art Association, this show’s organizing institution, became the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art in 1989. The show traveled to twelve subsequent venues through 1983. Thank you to Katherine Kunau, Associate Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at CRMA, for her help documenting the show.
Sources
Exhibition catalogue, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/115/1.