LIFE CHRONOLOGY
Life Chronology
Read Byun Shi-Ji’s life through major events and documents, from his birth in Seogwipo through Japan and Seoul to his return to Jeju.
1926–1957
Seogwipo and Japan
Birth in Seogwipo, departure for Japan in 1931, entry into the Osaka School of Fine Arts in 1941, the Nitten and Kōfūkai.
1957–1975
Seoul
Return to Korea, the Hwashin Department Store retrospective, portraiture and the Biwon manner before the move to Jeju.
1975–2013
Jeju
A homecoming at fifty, blue Jeju, dried-grass colour, storm, black sun and the final work.
2013–2026
Legacy
Works, documents, oral history, research and thirty-four languages are reconnected in the Atlas.
Detailed dates and documentary evidence are available in the 54-entry chronology and 227-entry precision timeline.