Lee Ungno, 1976

In 1976, Goam opened ‘Goryeo Gallery’ as a regular venue to present the works of the students of the Académie de Peinture Orientale de Paris. After his death, his widow, Park In-kyung and their son, painter Lee Young-se, continued to transmit the teachings of Lee Ungno, and now about 3,000 students have graduated. In 2014, they founded ‘Goam Academy’ in Vaux-sur-Seine, on the outskirts of Paris, in a building designed by Swiss architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte.