임노월의 예술론적 실천 양상과 그 의미 - 동시대 문단과의 관련성과 표현주의 수용을 중심으로

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to clarify the artistic practice of Lim Ro Wol and its im-plications by examining its relation with contemporary literature and acceptance of expressionism. Lim Ro Wol is regarded as the representative artist of aestheticism in the 1920s. It is important to note that Lim Ro Wol’s art does not directly reflect con-temporary literature and expressionism, but shows appropriation of them. In this thesis, I examine the relation and characteristics of contemporary literature and expressionism with aesthetics of Lim Ro Wol, and examine the characteristics and implications of Lim Ro Wol’s artistic practice. This thesis starts from the fact that the existing study of Lim Ro Wol only focuses Oscar Wilde’s aestheticism. Aesthetics of Lim Ro Wol is not only limited to aesthetics of Oscar Wilde but it also has an organic relationship with contemporary arts of Kandinsky, Baudelaire and Poe and the ideas of Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer and his contemporary lit-erature, Chang-jo and Yeong-dae. It was in accord with his own understanding of modern-ity and his sense of times. I examined aesthetics of Lim Ro Wol based on its relation with contemporary literature and its acceptance of expressionism to build a multi level per-spective that includes Oscar Wilde’s aestheticism but also transcends it. The organic relationship of emotion and expression is important for Lim Ro Wol’s aes-thetical perspective. Throughout his writings, his interest in the emotions that can be felt only in art and expressions that can evoke them can be perceived. In particular, he appro-priates the concept of expressionism of painting represented by Kandinsky in his artistic methodology. He especially focuses on the constructive elements of expressionism and how colors can leave impressions. Appropriating expressionism, he is in accord with Oscar Wilde’s aesthetics, and the influence of contemporary literature such as Chang-jo or Yeong-dae and contemporary ideas. Lim Ro Wol deviates from the aesthetical under-standing of art as imitation of nature, and recognizes artistic emotion and independent expression in modern art. The formation of his own artistic logic and methodology can be typified as follows with his work. In conclusion, the process of forming the aesthetical point of view of Lim Ro Wol is a result corresponding to comtemporary literature such as Chang-jo and Yeong-dae which were born from modernity and expressionist modern art. His artistic concepts do not reach to the establishment of a concrete methodology or an independent aesthetics by the short period of activity and the situation of the time. Therefore, I confirm the aspects of Lim Ro Wol’s attitude and viewpoint to modern art and his efforts.