Yoon Sang-yeol defected to North Korea for political reasons, where he was branded as a fractionalist. So his life was unknown to the world. He began his career as a painter, and after worked as a set designer in theater and a production designer in a...
Yoon Sang-yeol defected to North Korea for political reasons, where he was branded as a fractionalist. So his life was unknown to the world. He began his career as a painter, and after worked as a set designer in theater and a production designer in a movie studio. Also he was a activist of the proletarian art movement who struggled against rule of Japanese imperialism. After liberation he was the central figure of film movement which was led by lefties. In 1948, he defected to North Korea. he was elected to representative of the North Korea`s supreme command, but he was purged when North Korea purged Workers` Party of South Korea at Korean War. Yoon Sang-yeol was a fauve in Korea. He used a contrast of color, shape and space. He cut details and emphasized on the spatial feature at his stage.