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Description: | Watercolour. "Iron Horse" By Lee Sueng Min. Rusting Korean locomotive. 48 x 104 ins framed and glazed. The caption is in Chinese, traditional in Korean art. Translation by Dr. Min, visiting Leeds University: "The train (Iron Horse) is in the 38 parallel near Moonsan, north of Seoul, which was the border between North and South Korea after World War II. Since the railway was disconnected, the train could go no further north. This train symbolically represents the tragedy of Korea which was divided into two; the democratic South and the Communist North. When the train runs again it will be the day of unification of Korea. The painter drew the picture in winter when snow and cold wind were blowing. He was sorry to see the train slowly rotting away. He felt the pain of separation of his country. He prayed for unification." | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | watercolour | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Lee Sueng Min. | Identifier: | 1996-7171 | Go to resource |
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