Celebrating the 130th Anniversary of the To-o Nippo Press and the 65th Anniversary of Aomori Broadcasting Dialogues through Paintings, Between France and Japan: From the Hiroshima Museum of Art Collection
In honor of the 130th anniversary of the To-o Nippo Press and the 65th anniversary of Aomori Broadcasting, the Aomori Museum of Art is holding an exhibition featuring superb works of art from the collection of the Hiroshima Museum of Art. Modern French art, modern Japanese Western paintings, and Japanese paintings will be displayed with a focus on impressionist pieces.
The Hiroshima Museum of Art was founded in 1978 with the desire to pray for peace and took up the motto “For love and peace”.
Its collection,made up of excellent works of modern French art, modern Japanese Western paintings, and Japanese paintings, is highly acclaimed both in Japan and overseas and can truly be called a world treasure.
A variety of styles are on display in this exhibition. There are works by impressionists such as Monet, Renoir, and Degas and pieces by the artists of the School of Paris. Included as well are works of modern Japanese Western Painting which blossomed under the influence modern French Painting starting with Seiki Kuroda and works of Japanese painting by the likes of Taikan Yokoyama and Shoen Uemura. The paintings are introduced by themes such as “Farming Villages”, “The Human Body”, “Landscapes”, and “Paradise”.
The Hiroshima Museum of Art was founded in 1978 with the desire to pray for peace and took up the motto “For love and peace”.
Exhibition Dates: May 18 (Friday) – July 8 (Sunday), 2018
Closed: June 11 (Monday)
Opening Hours: 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (through May 31)
9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. (from June 1)
*Last admission 30 minutes before closing.
Admission
Admission Fees
Adult: 1500 yen (1300 yen)
Senior High School and University Students: 1000 yen (800 yen)
Elementary and Junior High School Students: Free
*Amounts in parentheses per individual for groups of 20 or more.
*Those with mental or physical disabilities and one accompanying guest are admitted free of charge.
Where to Buy Advance Tickets
Lawson Ticket (L Code 21470), ・7 Ticket (7 Code 061-747),Pomit Ticket,and other ticketing agents in Aomori. *Sold until Thursday, May 17.
Aomori City: Sunroad Aomori, Narita Honten Shinmachi Store, Sakurano Department Store, Nakasan, 11 Co-op stores, Prefectural Office Co-op (North Building 1st Floor, East Buidling 1st Floor), Hamanasu Hall (Aomori Municipal Labor Mutual Aid Society), Aomori Tourist Information Center ASPAM 1st Floor Information Counter, Linkstation Hall Aomori, Aomori Museum of Art Museum Shop, Aomori Museum of Art 1st Floor Information Counter
Hirosaki City: Sakurano Department Store, Books Kinokuniya, Hirosaki University Co-op, Nakasan, Hiroro
Goshogawara City: Elm-no-Machi Shopping Center
Hachinohe City: Sakurano Department Store, Nakago Miharuya, Lapia, Hachinohe Portal Museum “hacchi”
Exhibition Structure
A grand assembly in Aomori of works by 55 grand masters of French and Japanese modern art!
*Chapter titles and structure subject to change.
Ⅰ. Longing for the Countryside
Featured Artists: Jean-François Millet,
Gustave Courbet,
Camille Corot,
Chu Asai,
et al.
【PDF】Jean-François MILLET,
La Tonte des moutons,
1862,
oil painting,
canvas,
deposit: The KOKUYO Group
【PDF】ASAI Chu,
Farmers Returning Home,
1887,
oil painting,
canvas
Ⅱ. Transfiguration of Human Image
Featured Artists: Édouard Manet, Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, Georges Rouault, Henri Matisse, Seiki Kuroda, KABURAKI Kiyokata, et al.
【PDF】Henri MATISSE,
Jeune Fille en vert dans intérieur rouge,
1947,
oil painting,
canvas
Ⅲ. Landscape of Utopia
Featured Artists: Auguste Renoir, Paul Gaugin, FUJISHIMA Takeji, Ryuzaburo Umehara, et al.
【PDF】Paul GAUGUIN,
La Baignade au moulin du Bois D’Amour,
1886,
oil painting,
canvas
Ⅳ. Into the Light
Featured Artists: Paul Cézanne, Georges Seurat, Paul Signac, Claude Monet, Henri Rousseau, Yuzo Saeki, et al.
【PDF】Georges SEURAT,
Vers le bourg,
1883,
oil painting,
canvas
【PDF】Paul CÉZANNE,
L’Arbre tordu.
1888-90,
oil painting,
canvas
Ⅴ. Imagined Landscape
Featured Artists: Seiho Takeuchi, Kanzan Shimomura, Taikan Yokoyama, Matazo Kayama, et al.
Ⅵ. Tabletop landscape
Featured Artists: George Braque, Chaim Soutine, Narashige Koide, Kagaku Murakami, et al.
【PDF】Chaïm SOUTINE,
Nature morte au pot blanc et au hareng,
c.1922-23,
oil painting,
canvas
【PDF】KOIDE Narashige,
Still Life with a Globe,
1925,
oil painting,
canvas
Ⅶ. Rhythmic Figure
Featured Artists: Edgar Degas, Fernand Léger, Kagaku Murakami, KIKUCHI Keigetsu, et al.
【PDF】Edgar DEGAS,
La Femme au tub,
c.1891 pastel,
carton
【PDF】Fernand LÉGER,
La Danse - 1er état,
1929, oil painting,
canvas
