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An Gwang Hyok
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Choi Bun Hui
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Choi Gwang Hyok
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Choi Gwang Su
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Choi Gyong Ae
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Choi Il Bong
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Pyongyang-painters.com has the privilege to be one of the very few on-line galleries outside the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) permitted to sell art and to represent leading artists as well as new talents from this very special country. But unlike others, it is exclusively specializing on North Korean fine arts and will, over time, introduce you to the largest and most representative collection of artworks. Special attention will be given to female artists as well as promising younger talents. Buying with www.pyongyang-painters.com, you contribute to the development of art and artists in North Korea.
                                     
The initiators of this website are Felix Abt and his wife Huong who have been living in Pyongyang for many years and who have had the opportunity to get acquainted not only with the country’s institutions involved in fine arts but also with numerous artists across the country. A close partner in Pyongyang is the Paekho Arts Trading Company which is less famous than the Mansudae Arts Studio. But it is at least as dynamic and it enjoys fast growth thanks to its impressive pool of artistic talents. It also has gained an outstanding reputation in a number of Middle Eastern and African countries for it murals, statues and panoramas which it designs and executes much faster and at much better prices than its foreign competitors.

We are also pleased to  announce that Christine Cibert, an experienced French Art Curator &  Cultural Events Coordinator & Free-lance Writer is an advisor and  consultant to pyongyang-painters.com and to its clients. Christine has lived  and worked in North Korea  for several years and gave birth to a son in Pyongyang. Her expertise in North Korean fine  arts and paintings is outstanding and we are glad that our clients can resort  to her competent advice, in particular when it comes to special requests beyond  the paintings shown on this website.

Since there  is little exposure to the outside world the North Korean form of art is  considered very pure. North Korean artists are loyal to their country and, like  any other citizens, adhere to the country's political philosophy. In the  absence of influences by contemporary art trends from the rest of the world the  painters have, in a unique manner, developed their own techniques and the use  of colors in an original style.

The  paintings exhibited include, among other things, a variety of beautiful  sceneries of nature and of North Korean daily life. These pieces of artwork  will give you a rare insight into the lives and thoughts of the people of this  country.

At a time  when countries all over the world are out on an huge spending spree to help  avoid a severe economic depression, the money to fund it is coming from  printing machines running at record speed. This means that the money tends to  lose value. These paintings, however, will not only keep but also gain value  and are an alternative not only for investors but for anybody else interested  in protecting savings from depreciation

And who  knows an artist whose painting you bought from pyongyang-painters.com could  become as famous as  Picasso, Dali, Warhol or van Gogh, and prices for  his masterpieces may grow thousand-fold.

Last but not least to improve  quality and services your comments are most welcome!

    Felix  Abt and a soldier  of the Korean People’s Army under a painting of the country’s leader, General  Kim Jong Il.