Lee Jung Seop Street

This guide to Lee Jung Seop Street in Jeju traces the life of painter Lee Jung-seop, a Korean War refugee who lived in a cramped room on this hillside with his Japanese wife Masako and their two sons. Too poor for canvas, he scratched images onto cigarette foil, and in 1952 his family left for Japan while he stayed behind, borrowing money for one brief reunion with them in Tokyo. It follows his search for recognition through a 1955 Seoul gallery show and the years of hardship that followed. Walk the tiled street slowly to spot the artwork worked into the pavement.