Lee Ungno Museum

{{Infobox museum

| name = Lee Ungno Museum

| logo = Lee Ungno Museum Logo.jpg

| image = 이응노 미술관 Leeungno Museum.jpg

| location = Daejeon, South Korea

| coordinates = {{coord|36.366894|127.387047|display=inline,title}}

| type = Art museum

| website = {{URL|https://www.leeungnomuseum.or.kr/}}

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The Lee Ungno Museum (Korean: 이응노미술관) is an art museum in Daejeon, South Korea focusing on Korean-born French painter and printmaker Lee Ungno.

History

The museum was inaugurated in 2007. The museum's designers won the Award of Excellence at the 2007 Korean Architecture Awards, and also won the Korea Architects Association Award for the unique design of the building.{{Cite web|last=김 |first=성현|date=2021-07-26|title=[대전의 건축물]①이응노미술관...설계 테마는 '산책'|url=http://m.joongdo.co.kr/view.php?key=20210725010006023|access-date=2021-11-02|website=중도일보|language=ko}} The museum building was designed by French architect Laurent Beaudouin.{{Cite web|last=Lee|first=Jeonghaeng|date=2021-06-14|title=미술관에서 예술과 자연을 벗 삼아 노닐다|url=http://www.themac.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=168|access-date=2021-11-01|website=문화저널 맥|language=ko}} In 2012, Seo Seung-wan donated a painting by Lee Ungno to the museum, this painting is called "Seven Longevity 8-panel Screen".{{Cite web|last=Park|first=Joo-mi|date=2012-05-17|title=유족 보관 '옥중화' 이응노 미술관 기증|url=https://www.cctoday.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=700878|access-date=2021-11-02|website=충청투데이|language=ko}} In April 2013, Park In-kyeong did about two sessions on Oriental painting at the museum.{{Cite web|last=Woo-young|first=Lee|date=2013-04-22|title=Wife of late Lee Ungno holds painting demonstration in Korea|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130422000831|access-date=2021-11-02|website=The Korea Herald|language=en}} Since 2020, the museum has been part of the Google Arts & Culture platform.{{Cite web|last=Yuna|first=Park|date=2020-07-16|title=Lee Ung-no reaches international audience through Google Arts & Culture platform|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200716000657|access-date=2021-11-02|website=The Korea Herald|language=en}} In June 2021, the museum organized a virtual exhibition called "Text, Patterns: Lee Un-no's Text Abstract".{{Cite web|last=Jong-hwan|first=Choi|date=2021-06-14|title=[전시] 이응노미술관 특별전, VR전시 및 수어해설 서비스 제공|url=http://www.newstnt.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=82904|access-date=2021-11-02|website=뉴스티앤티|language=ko}} In 2021, the museum launched the Ungno Lee education program for the 2021 summer vacation.{{Cite web|last=Joon-seop|first=Lee|date=2021-08-24|title=이응노미술관 여름방학 교육 프로그램 운영|url=http://www.ggilbo.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=864954|access-date=2021-11-02|website=금강일보|language=ko}}

Collections

File:Lee Ungno Museum, Daejeon, South Korea.jpg

The museum contains 1,366 works of art. In one of the museum's exhibits called ArtLab, works by Kim Deok-Han were displayed.{{Cite web|last=Yuna|first=Park|date=2020-06-22|title=[Museum of One's Own] Lee Ungno Museum remembers underappreciated Korean modern artist|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200622000762|access-date=2021-11-01|website=The Korea Herald|language=en}} The museum has also made exhibitions on sculptures dating from the 1960s and 1980s.{{Cite web|title=김달진 미술연구소|url=https://www.daljin.com/column/12763|access-date=2021-11-02|website=Seoul Art Guide|language=ko}} In July 2014, the museum presented an exhibition featuring 119 works that won in the first Ungno Lee art contest, where around 700 students from elementary schools around South Korea participated.{{Cite web|last=박 |first=주영|date=2014-07-02|title=이응노미술관, 5-20일 '이응노미술대회' 수상 작품전|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20140702149800063|access-date=2021-11-02|website=Yonhap News Agency|language=ko}} In October 2014, the museum presented an exhibition with works by Hans Hartung, Pierre Soulages and Zao Wou-Ki.{{Cite web|date=2014-10-03|title=Art Informel in Paris: Lee Ungno, Hans Hartung, Pierre Soulages, Zao Wou-ki|url=https://www.art-agenda.com/announcements/186057/art-informel-in-paris-lee-ungno-hans-hartung-pierre-soulages-zao-wou-ki|access-date=2021-11-01|website=Art Agenda|language=en}} In 2015, the museum launched an exhibition in collaboration with KAIST School of Culture and Technology and the museum technology company Tango Mic, called "Ungno Lee, a gesture of peace".{{Cite web|last=In-geol|first=Song|date=2015-02-27|title=이응노 작품과 놀면서 평화를 배우다, 이응노미술관 어린이 특별전|url=https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/area/area_general/680066.html|access-date=2021-11-02|website=Hani|language=ko}} In 2018, the museum launched an exhibition called "The Epic of Abstraction" with artworks dating from the 1950s to the 1980s.{{Cite web|last=|title=Exposition : Lee Ungno, The Epic of Abstraction|url=https://artsdelacoree.hypotheses.org/4159|access-date=2021-11-02|website=Arts de la Corée|language=en}} In October 2021, an exhibition called "Beyond the window of my room" was presented at the museum, featuring Park In-kyung's artwork.{{Cite web|last=Ye-jin|first=Kwon|date=2021-10-31|title='내 방 창 너머'로 보내는 박인경 화백의 '따스한 시선'|url=http://www.dailycc.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=663830|access-date=2021-11-02|website=충청신문|language=ko}} The museum's fifth ArtLab competition featured artworks by Korean artists Cheon Chan-mi, Kim Jeong-in, Koh Dong-hwan, Kim Jae-kyung, Kang Cheol-gyu, Kim Ja-hye and Kang Cheol-gyu.{{Cite web|last=Ji-soo|first=Yoon|date=2021-11-01|title=2021 이응노미술관 아트랩대전 아티스트 토크(Artist Talk)'|url=https://www.cctoday.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=2152185|access-date=2021-11-02|website=충청투데이|language=ko}} In 2021, an exhibition called "Finding Solidarity" was held at the museum, which featured artworks by Joo-Young Oh, Woo-Joo and Hee-Kyung Lim.{{Cite web|last=Ye-jin|first=Kwon|date=2021-07-27|title=이응노미술관 기획전, '밤에 해가 있는 곳'에서 '연대'를 찾다|url=http://www.dailycc.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=655341|access-date=2021-11-02|website=충청신문|language=ko}}

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