Chung Yangmo

{{Infobox person

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1934}}

| nationality = South Korean

| alma_mater = Seoul National University

| employer = {{unbulleted list|Gyeongju National Museum|National Museum of Korea|Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea}}

| module = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes

| hangul = 정양모

| hanja = 鄭良謨

| mr = Chŏng Yangmo

| rr = Jeong Yangmo}}

}}

Chung Yangmo ({{Korean|hangul=정양모}}; born 1934) is a South Korean art historian, known for his expertise in Korean ceramics.

Personal life

Chung Yangmo was born in 1934 as the fourth and final son of Jeong In-bo, a historian and author during the Japanese colonial period.{{cite news|url=http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1984020800329202022&editNo=2&publishDate=1984-02-08&officeId=00032&pageNo=2&printNo=11804&publishType=00020&from=news|title=後孫漢學者爲堂鄭寅普 선생|trans-title=Classical scholar Widang Chung Inbo|work=Kyunghyang Sinmun|date=8 February 1984|accessdate=19 November 2015}} He is an admirer of the works of Joseon Dynasty landscape painter Jeong Seon.{{cite news|url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=shm&sid1=103&oid=081&aid=0000076026|script-title=ko:가슴속 그림 한폭: 정양모 전 국립중앙박물관장|trans-title=A painting in one's heart: former National Museum director Chung Yangmo|work=Seoul Sinmun|date=31 January 2006|accessdate=19 November 2015}} He received his B.S. degree in history from Seoul National University in 1958.

Chung's family was divided by the Korean War: his father and elder sister Chung Kyung-wan were taken to North Korea in 1950. In 2004 he received news that Kyung-wan was still alive.{{cite news|url=http://legacy.www.hani.co.kr/section-003100000/2004/02/003100000200402121011283.html|script-title=ko:북 누나 생존 확인한 정양모 위원장|trans-title=Commissioner Chung Yangmo's elder sister confirmed alive in North|work=Hankyoreh|date=12 February 2004|accessdate=19 November 2015}} One of his other elder sisters, {{ill|Chung Yang-wan|ko|정양완}}, became a scholar of Korean literature with the Academy of Korean Studies.{{cite news|url=http://www.jjan.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=189555|script-title=ko:정양완교수 완역 정인보 '담원문록' 한글본 출간|trans-title=Professor Chung Yang-wan publishes complete hangul translation of Chung Inbo's 'Damwonmunrok'|work={{ill|Jeonbuk Ilbo|ko|전북일보}}|date=6 June 2015|accessdate=19 November 2015}} He met the woman who would become his wife, Ewha Womans University student Lee Jung-won ({{Korean|hangul=이중원|hanja=李仲瑗|labels=no}}), in 1964 when she was preparing to write her thesis on pottery.{{cite news|url=http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1996052500209121001&editNo=45&publishDate=1996-05-25&officeId=00020&pageNo=21&printNo=23205&publishType=00010&from=news|script-title=ko:정양모(국립중앙 박물관장)—이중원씨|trans-title=Chung Yangmo (National Museum director) and Lee Jung-won|work=The Dong-A Ilbo|date=25 May 1996|accessdate=19 May 2015}} He gave up on his plans to study abroad in order to marry her in 1967, and the couple went on to have two sons and a daughter.{{cite news|url=http://news.joins.com/article/3062109|title=鄭良謨 중앙박물관장 부인|trans-title=The wife of National Museum director Chung Yang-mo|work=JoongAng Ilbo|date=10 May 1995|accessdate=19 November 2015}}

Chung is a close friend of ceramicist Min Young-ki ({{Korean|hangul=민영기|hanja=閔泳麒|labels=no}}) and painter Chun Sung-woo ({{Korean|hangul=전성우|hanja=全筬雨|labels=no}}). In 1998, Min and Chun jointly made a Buncheong-style stoneware bowl for him, which is on display at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.{{cite web|url=https://searchcollection.asianart.org/objects/15958/dish|title=Dish|publisher=Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture|accessdate=19 November 2015}}

Career

Chung began his career in the National Museum of Korea in 1962.{{cite news|url=http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1993032600329117013&editNo=12&publishDate=1993-03-26&officeId=00032&pageNo=17&printNo=14712&publishType=00010&from=news|script-title=ko:'외관보다 內實다질 차례' 鄭良謨 새 국립중앙박물관장|trans-title='Interior first, then exterior': Chung Yangmo, new National Museum of Korea director|work=Kyunghyang Shinmun|date=26 March 1993|accessdate=19 November 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://news.donga.com/3/all/20090402/8715094/1|script-title=ko:한국박물관 100년의 사람들: <4>정양모 前국립중앙박물관장|trans-title=100 years of Korean museums, #4: Chung Yangmo, former National Museum director|work=The Dong-A Ilbo|date=2 April 2009|accessdate=19 November 2015}} For much of his early career he worked under {{ill|Choi Sun-u|ko|최순우}}, then one of the country's foremost experts on Korean ceramics.{{cite news|url=http://koreana.kf.or.kr/view.asp?article_id=565&lang=English|title=Crepuscle on Cultural Past: Chung Yang-mo, Chief Curator, National Museum of Korea|work=Koreana Quarterly|date=Autumn 1991|volume=5|issue=3|accessdate=19 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119173024/http://koreana.kf.or.kr/view.asp?article_id=565&lang=English|archive-date=19 November 2015|url-status=dead}} In 1963, while holding the position of assistant researcher in the art department of the museum, he participated in fieldwork led by Choi in Yangju, and discovered a kiln from the late Goryeo Dynasty in a village near Dobongsan.{{cite news|url=http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1963021200209207001&editNo=2&publishDate=1963-02-12&officeId=00020&pageNo=7&printNo=12703&publishType=00020&from=news|title=楊州에麗末의民間陶窯址|trans-title=In Yangju, a pottery kiln from the late Goryeo|work=The Dong-A Ilbo|date=12 February 1963|accessdate=19 November 2015}} Accompanying photo: {{cite news|url=http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1963021200209207005&editNo=2&publishDate=1963-02-12&officeId=00020&pageNo=7&printNo=12703&publishType=00020&from=news|script-title=ko:발견자 鄭良謨씨|trans-title=Discoverer Chung Yangmo|work=The Dong-A Ilbo|date=12 February 1963|accessdate=19 November 2015}}

From 1984 to 1986, Chung served as director of the Gyeongju National Museum. He went on to become the director of the National Museum of Korea, serving from 1993 to 1999.{{cite web | accessdate=18 November 2015 | first1=Zixuan | last1=Zhang | url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/life/Mystery-of-the-cup-holder-30216913.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023002923/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/life/Mystery-of-the-cup-holder-30216913.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 23, 2013 | title=Mystery of the cup holder | publisher=China Daily | website=The nation}}{{cite news|url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=shm&sid1=103&oid=001&aid=0004487116|script-title=ko:정양모 중앙박물관장 사표제출|trans-title=National Museum director Chung Yangmo submits resignation|work=Yonhap News|date=14 December 1999|accessdate=19 November 2015}} In May 2003, he was appointed as the new commissioner of the Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea's Cultural Properties Commission.{{cite news|url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=shm&sid1=103&oid=020&aid=0000187663|script-title=ko:문화재위원장 정양모 박사 '문화재는 새로 만들수 없죠'|trans-title=Cultural Properties Commissioner Chung Yangmo: 'cultural heritage cannot be remade anew'|work=The Dong-A Ilbo|date=15 May 2003|accessdate=19 November 2015}} He served in that position until 2005, when he was succeeded by Seoul National University professor Ahn Hwi-joon ({{Korean|hangul=안휘준|hanja=安輝濬|labels=no}}).{{cite news|url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=shm&sid1=103&oid=096&aid=0000017175|script-title=ko:문화재위원장에 서울대 안휘준 교수 선출|trans-title=Seoul National University professor Ahn Hwi-joon chosen as Cultural Properties Commissioner|work=Seoul Broadcasting System|date=6 May 2005|accessdate=19 November 2015}}

Awards and honours

In 2005, Chung received the Silver Crown of the Order of Cultural Merit from the government of South Korea.{{cite news|url=http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=200512051819471&code=100100|script-title=ko:정양모 前관장 은관문화훈장 서훈|trans-title=Former director Chung Yangmo receives Silver Crown of the Order of Cultural Merit|work=Kyunghyang Shinmun|date=5 December 2005|accessdate=19 November 2015}} In 2013 his fellow scholars published a Festschrift in his honour to celebrate his eightieth year of life (in East Asian age reckoning).{{cite news|url=http://news.kmib.co.kr/article/view.asp?arcid=0007281641&code=11110000|script-title=ko:정양모 전 국립중앙박물관장 '한국 깊이있게 알리려면 문화재 보여줘야'|trans-title=Chung Yangmo, former National Museum director: 'To let people know Korea deeply, protect its cultural heritage'|work=Kukmin Ilbo|date=16 June 2013|accessdate=19 November 2015}}

Exhibitions

1978–1980 Exhibition Director of '5000 Years of Korean Art', Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Cleveland Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Metropolitan Museum of Art
1982–1984 Exhibition Director of 'Ancient Korean Culture', British Museum and Munich Stadtmuseum
1990–1993 Exhibition Director of '18th Century', Smithsonian Institution (Arthur M. Sackler Gallery)
1998 General Manager of Korean Pavilion, Metropolitan Museum of Art{{cite web|last1=Cotter|first1=Holland|title=Art Review: A Jewel Box Of Korean Culture|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/12/arts/art-review-a-jewel-box-of-korean-culture.html?pagewanted=all|work=The New York Times|date=12 June 1998|accessdate=18 November 2015|quote=The Arts of Korea exhibition -- organized by Wen C. Fong, consultative chairman in the Met's department of Asian art, and Chung Yang Mo, director general of the National Museum of Korea}}

Publications

{{cite book|last1=Smith|first1=Judith G.|author-mask1=Smith, Judith G. (coordinating editor); |author2=Chung Yang-mo|author3=Ahn Hwi-joon|author4=Yi Sŏng-mi|author5=Kim Lena|author6=Kim Hongnam|author7=Pak Youngsook|title=Arts of Korea|date=1998|publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art|location=New York|isbn=9780870998508|edition=3rd printing|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/research/metpublications/Arts_of_Korea}}
{{cite book|author=정양모 [Chung Yangmo]|script-title=ko:한국의 도자기|trans-title=Ceramics in Korea|date=1 March 1991|publisher=문예출판사 [Munyea]|location=South Korea|isbn=9788931000009|url=http://book.naver.com/bookdb/book_detail.nhn?bid=187868}}

Chung Yangmo

Personal life

Career

Awards and honours

Exhibitions

Publications

See also

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