Wook Kyung Choi, South Korean, 1940 to 1985, acrylic on board Abstract Expressionist painting. Framed, signed lower right. Stamped and inscribed on the back side. Wook Kyung Choi was a Korean Abstract Expressionist painter. Choi attended Seoul National University, and then immigrated to the United States in 1964 where she studied at the Cranbrook Academy of Art and the Brooklyn Museum Art School. She acted as a transmitter of Korean Informel Art to The United States, a form of painting characterized by non geometrical abstraction.This artistic movement was interpreted by many as a rebellion against the Korean state led National Art Exhibition System, which preferred Academic Realism as its method of expression. During her career, she also studied and exhibited influences from other Abstract Expressionist artists such as Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, and Mark Rothko. Collectible Oriental, Abstract Expressionist Fine Art, South Asian Artists.