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일제하의 고위 관료이자 실업가였던 多山 朴榮喆(1879~1939)은 경성제국대학에 자신의 고서화 수집품을 기증하여 진열관의 성립에 기여하였던 수장가였다. 박물관의 계획과 대규모 고미술품의 기증은 동시대 수장가들과 박영철을 구분 짓는 뚜렷한 차별점이다. 본 연구는 서울대학교박물관에 소장된 박영철의 기증품, 이른바 多山文庫에 기초하여 수장가로서 박영철의 면모와 박물관 인식을 조명하였다.

박영철은 1928년경에 고미술 수집을 시작하였으며 이후 10여 년 동안 집중적으로 실행하였던 것으로 파악된다. 본 연구에서는 그의 고미술 수집의 계기로서 1928년에 참여하였던 유럽 시찰과 서구의 공공박물관에서 받은 충격을 주목하였다. 박물관이라는 대중적 공간에 전시된 고미술품은 역사적인 유물의 향유와 보존이 문명의 한 척도임을 일깨우기에 충분한 것이었다. 식민지기는 사적인 영역으로 한정되었던 고미술품이 공적인 문맥 위에 재배치되고 새로운 의미를 성립시켰던 시기이다. 박물관 설립을 목적으로 고미술 컬렉션을 형성하고 이를 기증한 박영철은 문화유산에 발생한 공공성을 향한 인식의 전환을 대변하는 인물일 것이다.

Pak Yŏngch’ŏl (1879-1939) was a high-ranking government official, businessman and prominent art collector during the modern period. After Pak’s passing in 1940, his family donated Tasan mun’go (the Tasan Collection) to Keijō Imperial University in accordance with his will. The collection was comprised of 115 artworks, which included calligraphy, paintings, and craft items, along with a fund of 20,000 won. Pak’s financial support laid the foundation for the establishment of the Keijō Imperial University Museum two years later. Both the donation of his collection and the subsequent founding of the museum distinguish Pak Yŏngch’ŏl from contemporary Korean collectors. This study sheds light on Pak Yŏngch’ŏl’s character as an art collector and his perception of the museum based on a detailed investigation of the Tasan Collection housed at the Seoul National University Museum.

Pak Yŏngch’ŏl did not actively participate in the appreciation and collection of art until the age of fifty. He began collecting art around 1928, coinciding with his appointment as the vice president of Chosŏn Commercial Bank. Pak then spent the next decade focused on building his collection. This study focuses on Pak Yŏngch’ŏl’s inspection tour of European countries in 1928, which was the catalyst that spurred his considerable devotion to the collection of art. During the tour, Pak Yŏngch’ŏl had the opportunity to experience various museums symbolizing modern civilization in Europe. The Louvre Museum in particular, which was first opened to the public and renown for its outstanding collection, seemed to have informed Pak of the value of art. The cultural treasures exhibited in the public spaces of museums would have reminded Pak that the preservation of historical artifacts is one of the indicators of civilization.

In the pre-modern period, the appreciation and collection of calligraphy and painting were typically private activities limited to the individual’s personal domain. However, the political and social changes brought about in the modern period redefined art collecting within a public context. Pak Yŏngch’ŏl, who formed a collection and donated it with the purpose of establishing a museum, epitomizes the shift in perceptions of art collection in Colonial Korea.