Kaesong Prefectural Museum View, Suwon GwangGyo Museum
Kaesong Museum
* Source: Multilingual Glossary of Korean Art. Korea Arts Management Service
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Ko Yuseop
Ko Yuseop (1905-1944, pen name Uhyeon, nom de plume Geubwoldang) is widely considered the first Korean art historian to receive a Western style tertiary education. He studied Aesthetics and Art History at the department of philosophy, Keijo Imperial University. He served as a director of the Kaesong City Museum from 1933 to 1944. He studied Korean pagodas and Goryeo celadons based on Positivism and Formalism. He was a foundational contributor to the creation of a modern academic Korean history of art that featured Buddhist art and Korean painting. He described the aesthetic consciousness of Korean art as “a great savory flavor” or “technique without technique.” His thoughts strongly influenced later generations of Korean artists. His major books include Goryeo Celadon, Studies on Korean Pagodas, The Collected Volume of Korean Art History, Studies on Korean Art History and Aesthetics, and Historical Sites in Songdo.
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National Museum of Korea
The National Museum of Korea is located at 137 Seobinggo-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul. The predecessor to the National Museum is the Yi Royal Family Museum founded in September 1908. The Yi Royal Family Museum showcased artwork owned by the royal family of Korea and was opened to the public in November 1909. The museum was relocated from its original home in the Japanese Government-General of Korea building to Gyeongbokgung Palace in 1910 and renamed the Japanese Government-General of Korea Museum in December 1915. The Japanese Government-General of Korea Museum collected and exhibited excavated artefacts and donated items from temples while conducting historical and archaeological research and archiving. The National Museum of Korea was established following the acquisition of the Japanese General-Government Museum in December 1945. In 1969, the National Museum of Korea merged with the Deoksugung Museum, the successor of the Yi Royal Family Museum. In October 2005, the National Museum of Korea moved to a newly constructed building at its current location in Seoul. As of December 31st, 2018, the museum holds a collection of approximately 410,000 pieces that span from the prehistoric to the modern era, and includes works from China, Japan, and Central Asia.
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