나혜석과 불교 – 작가적 예술혼과 불교적 보리심 -

Abstract

Rha Hye-seok’s <Photo Album>, which was donated to Suwon Museum of Art, has about 90 photos. Through these photos, Rha Hye-seok can be interpreted in more various ways. Among the photos, there are six to seven photos related to Buddhism, including four about Haeinsa Temple, two about Bulguksa Temple, and one photo of Kim Il-yeop before becoming a Buddhist monk. Through the photos, we can find the Buddhist relationship with Rha Hye-seok. After her divorce in 1930, she began to accept Buddhism and took a Buddhist lecture at Gakhwangsa Temple (currently Jogyesa Temple) in Susong-dong and became a Buddhist in earnest from 1933. Then, as Kim Il-yeop became the monk, they were more closely connected. Rha Hye-seok restored her pride as a painter when she was selected for Japan’s Imperial Academy of Fine Arts Exhibition in 1931. She gained vitality in her new life by becoming a Buddhist. As a result, she made the ‘artistic spirit’ and the ‘Buddhist Bodhicitta’ the two pillars of her life. Rha Hye-seok visited scenic spots and temples across the country all the time to paint. She visited these places to paint and write: Mansangjeong Pavilion in Mount Geumgang in 1931, the fishing village of Chongseokjeong Pavilion in Haegeumgang in 1932, Sudeoksa Temple in 1933, and Haeinsa Temple in 1934. In particular, Rha Hye-seok frequently visited the Sudeok Inn near Sudeoksa Temple in Yesan, where Kim Il-yeop, the Buddhist monk, stayed. Here, she met Jang Wook-jin, Lee Ung-no, and Kim Tae-shin. She lived as a ‘painterRha Hye-seok’ who painted fiercely from 1938 to December 1944, just before the liberation. In addition, Rha Hye-seok visited Haeinsa Temple from 1936 to 1938 due to her connection with Choi Beom-sul, and there are photos taken with Buddhist monk Lim Hwan-gyeong, with Kim Sang-ho who was the leading figure of Mandang, a secret Buddhist organization, and with Mandang Party at Haeinsa Temple. In addition, Rha Hye-seok is closely related to Haeinsa Temple in that her last writing was 「Scenery of Haeinsa Temple」. Therefore, it can be said that the second half of Rha Hye-seok's life was about being a painter with a brush and being a Buddhist, living a Mahayana Buddhist life of Neither Monk Nor Layman.