Gansong Art Museum

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Gansong Art Museum
Hangul 간송미술관 Hanja 澗松美術館 Revised Romanization Gansong misulgwan McCune-Reischauer Gansong misulkwan

Gansong Art Museum is the first modern private museum of Korea and was founded by Jeon Hyeongpil (전형필 全鎣弼) in 1938. The museum was named after the pen name of the founder, Gansong (간송 澗松). The aim of the foundation was to prevent Japanese removal of Korean cultural properties, during the Japanese occupation ^[1]. At times, numerous Korean cultural properties were taken to Japan, such as Goryeo porcelains, statues of Buddha made in Silla kingdom, documents and books made in Joseon dynasty ^[2]. Jeon Hyeongpil contributed at his own expense to protect Korean culture and art.

The museum holds many top-rated antique pieces of art such as Hunmin jeongeum (No. 70 National Treasure), Donggukjeongun Book 1, 2 (No. 71 National Treasure), Geumdong gyemimyeong samjonbul (No. 72 National Treasure) , Hyewon pungsokdo.

Contents 1 Gallery 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Gallery

Cheongja unhak sanggam mun maebyeong, the 68th national treasure of Korea	Hunmin Jeongeum	A portrait of a beauty painted by Hyewon	A portrait of a beauty handed down to Haenam Yun family
Pajeokdo drawn by Kim Deuksin	Holding a drinking party from Hyewon pungsokdo drawn by Hyewon	Susik deukgyek (수식득격 瘦式得格) painted an written by Chusa	Gwuiraejeong (귀래정 歸來亭)

[edit] See also

• Korean painting
• List of museums in South Korea
• National Treasures of South Korea
• List of Korea-related topics

[edit] References

1. ^ Gansong Art Museum to Display National Treasures from KBS Global
2. ^ (Korean) Brief information about Gansong Art Museum from Yahoo Korea dictionary

• Gansong Art Museum (간송미술관 澗松美術館) (Korean). Empas/EncyKorea. Retrieved on 2008-04-11.

[edit] External links

• (Korean) Brief information about Gansong Art Museum
• (Korean) Brief information about Gansong Art Museum from Yahoo Korea dictionary