Jin Hwan | |||||||||||||||||||
Nationality: | Korean | ||||||||||||||||||
Occupation: | Painter, high-school principal, professor | ||||||||||||||||||
Birth Date: | 1913 | ||||||||||||||||||
Birth Place: | Mujang-myeon, Gochang, North Jeolla, Korea | ||||||||||||||||||
Death Place: | Mujang-myeon, Gochang, North Jeolla, Korea | ||||||||||||||||||
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Jin Hwan (1913 - 1951) was a Korean painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]
In 1946, he served as the principal of Youngsun High School in Gochang founded by his father. In 1948, he served as a professor at Hongik University in Seoul. In 1951, he died in Gochang during the Third Battle of Seoul of the Korean War.[2]