본 논문은 한국 근현대 예술사에서 주목받는 書畵家 중 한사람인 素荃 孫在馨의 〈器皿折枝圖〉에 나타난 미학적 사유를 분석한 것이다. 손재형은 서예와 문인화뿐만 아니라, 산수·기명절지·화훼초충·사군자·소나무·포도·연·괴석·글방 그림 등 다양한 소재를 소화하고 있는데, 특히 〈器皿折枝圖〉에는 당시 전문적인 화가들과 달리 다양한 화제를 서예적 筆勢와 文氣있는 작품 세계를 보여주고 있다.
조선말, 근대초 張承業, 徐丙五, 許鍊에서 출발한 〈器皿折枝圖〉의 예술적 특징은 서양화법 수용과 남종산수화와 서예적 필묵법을 적용한 당시 문화 예술사적 풍토 속에서 나타났다. 손재형의 〈器皿折枝圖〉에는 유불도의 다양한 관점이 한 화면에 드러나고 있기 때문에 하나의 특정한 관점을 추출해서 분석하기는 어렵다. 본 논문에서는 유가적 관점에서 분석하고자 한 것이다. 이런 점을 구체적으로 첫째, 文人雅趣의 〈器皿折枝圖〉. 둘째, 君子之道의 〈器皿折枝圖〉. 셋째, 吉祥意趣의 〈器皿折枝圖〉로 나눠 살펴보았다. 그 결과 손재형의 〈器皿折枝圖〉에는 그림 속에 서예적 필법이, 글씨 속에서 화의가 담겨 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 즉 서법과 화법이 일체화되어 드러나고 있음을 확인했다. 이런 점에서 손재형의 〈器皿折枝圖〉에 표현된 회화 세계는 특히 不似之似의 심미적 경계를 통한 書畫一致 사유를 보여주고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이와 같이 손재형은 文氣와 書氣가 융합되는 書畫一致의 정신이 그의 〈器皿折枝圖〉에 드러나고 있음을 확인했다.
주제어: 소전 손재형, 〈기명절지도〉, 문인아취, 군자지도, 길상의취
A Study on Sojeon Son Jaehyeong’s <Paintings of Precious Vessels with Cut Flowers>
Sojeon Son Jaehyeong(1903-1981) is a calligrapher and painter who represents the history of modern and contemporary art in Korea. In this study, I analyzed the aesthetic thought of his paintings of precious vessels with cut flowers. He created mainly calligraphy and literati paintings but left behind paintings of various subject matters such as landscapes, precious vessels with cut flowers, flowers, insects, the Four Gracious Plants, pine trees, grapes, lotus, oddly shaped stones, and a study room. Especially in the paintings of precious vessels with cut flowers, unlike the professional painters of the time, he expressed calligraphic brush vigor and literary energy in his paintings through the topic.
The artistic characteristics of precious vessels with cut flowers, which started from Jang Seung-up, Seo Byeong-oh, and Heo Ryeon in the late Joseon Dynasty and early modern times, emerged in the culture and art history of the time when the Western painting method was accepted and the calligraphic writing method of Southern School landscape painting was applied. In Son Jaehyeong's paintings of precious vessels with cut flowers, there are various viewpoints of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism on one screen, so it is difficult to extract and analyze one specific viewpoint. However, in this paper, I divided their features into three from a Confucian perspective. The first feature is the elegant taste of the literati. The second is the Way of a Man of Virtue. The third is the auspicious intentional taste. As a result, his pictures include calligraphic brush methods, and his calligraphy contains the intention of paintings, so I figured out that Son Jaehyeong unified the methods of calligraphy and painting in his paintings of precious vessels with cut flowers. In this respect, it can be said that Son Jaehyeong's world of painting shows the aesthetic view of dissimilar resemblance and the unity of calligraphy and painting. Through this, I confirmed that Son Jaehyeong expressed the spirit of unifying calligraphy and painting and tried to put literary spirit and calligraphic energy into his works.
Key Words: Sojeon Son Jaehyeong.< Paintings of Precious Vessels with Cut Flowers>, Elegant Taste of Literati, Way of a Man of Virtue, Auspicious Intentional Taste