Career
She was a prolific artist with more than 1,000 paintings, 700 prints, 250 ceramics, and numerous drawings. She exhibited mainly in France and in South of Korea, with 84 solo exhibitions and almost 300 group exhibitions during her lifetime. Born in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do in of Korea under Japanese rule, Rhee studied in Jinju Girls" High School before moving to Japan to attend Jissen Women"s University in Tokyo in 1938.
Then she left for Paris, where she entered the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in 1953 to study under Yves Brayer and Henri Goetz.