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Beyond his work as a statesman, Sir Chang Taik Sang (창랑 장택상, 1893–1969) was among the foremost Korean collectors of antiquities of his time. He was also a respected connoisseur, writing art criticism for the Dong-A Ilbo. Much of his collection was lost in the Korean War or sold to fund his campaigns. One masterpiece is now a National Treasure, and the works that remained went to Yeungnam University Museum.
A masterpiece of Joseon white porcelain, once in Sir Chang Taik Sang's collection. In the late 1950s it passed to Ewha Womans University Museum, and it was designated National Treasure No. 107 in December 1960. It is counted among the three finest Joseon porcelains.
The works that remained in Sir Chang's collection were donated to Yeungnam University Museum after his death.
This survey of Korea's historic art, published in 1935, illustrates eight ceramics from Sir Chang's collection, a mark of how highly his holdings were regarded.
Sir Chang said he owned about a thousand ceramics, three hundred of real merit, many bought back from Japanese hands to keep them in Korea.
In this essay Sir Chang praised Chusa as a calligrapher without equal in East Asia, writing that his brushwork "is like the mountains and rivers of Korea".
Yonhap's report on Kim Sang-yeop's study in the journal Oriental Classics Studies (동양고전연구), Vol. 34. It places Sir Chang among the greatest Korean collectors of his era, with Jeon Hyeong-pil and Kim Seong-su.
The story of the grapevine jar and of Sir Chang's Supyo-dong house, known as the 'Changrang salon', a gathering place for collectors. Based on Kim Sang-yeop's book 『미술품 컬렉터들』 (Dolbegae).
A timeline of his life, residences (Supyo-dong; Wolpajeong in Noryangjin) and his resting place at Seoul National Cemetery.
Official portrait of the first Foreign Minister and third Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea.
Sir Chang in uniform as head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police after Liberation.
Archival portrait from the founding years of the Republic.
Photograph from the Liberation era.
He survived about ten assassination attempts during the turbulent Liberation period.
Archival photograph of Sir Chang. He represented Korea at the 5th and 6th UN General Assemblies.
Family photograph from the private archive.