Donation in memory of Pharmacist Arne Piltz, Djursholm
Arne C.G. Piltz (1909–1987), a Swedish pharmacist, served as the chief pharmacist (apotekschef) at the Swedish Red Cross Hospital in Busan, Korea, between 1950 and 1958 (1950-51, 1953-54, 1957-58). After his return to Sweden, he devoted himself to promoting exchange between Sweden and Korea. He was a founding member of the Korean Society in Sweden (Koreanska Sällskapet; founded in 1961) and the initiator of the exhibition “Korean Ceramics” (“Koreansk Keramik”; February–April, 1966), at the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, which represents a milestone in the dissemination of Korean art in Sweden. Many collectors lending objects for the exhibition, including the former King of Sweden, Gustaf VI Adolf, former State-Secretary Olle Hellberg, Dr. Kaj Kalbak and Arne Piltz himself, made important contributions to the Korean collections at the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities. Following Arne Piltz’ death, the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities received a Joseon period porcelain vase with an underglaze cobalt blue decoration of a dragon in his memory, and, in November 1988, the Museum acquired six more Korean objects of his collection, including an important royal painting by Heungseon Daewongun (1820-1898), from his daughter, Solveig Ljungström-Piltz.
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Email by Mr. Lars Frisk (October 23, 2017).
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