Bang Hye-ja: Illuminating Tradition Through Abstract Light Bang Hye-ja (방혜자; RR: Bang Hye-ja; 5 July 1937 – 15 September 2022) was a Korean abstract painter, stained-glass artist and calligrapher whose artistic journey spanned decades of exploration between Seoul and Paris. Born in Seoul on July 5th, 1937, her formative years were marked by an early fascination with the radiant beauty of sunlight filtering through trees – a visual experience that would profoundly shape her lifelong dedication to capturing light’s essence in her art. This initial impulse wasn't merely aesthetic; it represente…