A grandson of Huh Baek Ryeon, Huh Dal Jae pioneered a genre dubbed the New Southern School painting to create a balanced combination of tradition and modernity by reinterpreting traditional subjects such as plum blossoms, peonies, and grapes from a contemporary viewpoint. Huh Dal Jae’s Plum Blossoms, in particular, shows his unique strokes in harmony with the spirit of the literati painting through the beauty of blank space and petals scattered across the entire canvas.