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Kim Won-yong

キム・ウォニョン

Gim Wonyong

Pen Names: Sambulnom-de-plume for paintings

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1922
Died
1993-11-14 age 71
Nationality
South Korea
Languages
Korean, English, Japanese
Residence History
Seoul → New York

Career

Occupations
archaeologist, art historian, university professor, painter
Active Years
1945-1993
Affiliations
Seoul National University, National Museum of Korea
Memberships
National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Korea
Influenced By
Kim Jeong-hak
Influenced
Kim Jung-bae

Education

Keijō Imperial University
Faculty of Letters / Archaeology and Ancient Art History
Degree: 学士
Period: ~1945
Year of Graduation: 1945
Country: Japan
Precursor to Seoul National University
New York University
Archaeology
Degree: PhD
Year of Graduation: 1959
Country: United States
Thesis on Silla ceramics

Awards

Ho-Am Prize in the Arts
1994
Category: Arts
Organization: Ho-Am Foundation
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Hanguk Gogohak Gaeseol

1973 Introduction to Archaeology

Seminal textbook laying foundation of Korean archaeology

Korean prehistoryKorean early history

Bibliography

  • Art and Archaeology of Ancient Korea

Health

  • cancer
    1993
    Cause of death

Legacy

Known as the 'Father of Korean Archaeology' and doyen of the field

Trivia

  • Also worked as a painter, creating traditional ink paintings under the pseudonym Sambul.