Idemitsu Museum of Arts

Overview:
Idemitsu Museum of Arts was established in 1966 with the collection by Sazō Idemitsu who was the founder of the petroleum company Idemitsu Kosan.
The museum is located in Marunochi of Tokyo where visitors can enjoy tasting Eastern Art; paintings, calligraphy, ceramics and others. The museum has some works by Georges Rouault and Edvard Munch as special collection.

Website: 
NA (available only in Japanese)

Location:
3-1-1 Marunochi , Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Established:
1966

Collection:
Japanese Art, Eastern Art

【Exhibition】
Kosugi Hoan―<LOVE> to East

Kosugi Hoan (1881-1964) is famous for nihon-ga (Japanese style paintings), and the museum held an exhibition with ninety of his works as commemorating the 50th year of his death.

Born in Nikko, Hoan first studied Western style paintings under Ioki Bunsai, a disciple of Takahashi Yuichi as he came to Tokyo at the age of eighteen. After that he left for Europe to study painting, emulating Puvis de Chavannes, a French mural painter. After returning from Europe, he gradually devoted himself to Japanese style painting, using Hoan as his pseudonym.

Reference Data
Date March 22nd, 2015

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The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

Overview:
The National Museum of Western Art was established in April 1959 and was based on the Matsukata Collection that the French government stored and returned to Japan after the second world war.
The museum has purchased art work every year since its establishment in its efforts to build and develop its permanent collection.

Website: 
www.nmwa.go.jp/

Location:
7-7Ueno-koen, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0007, JAPAN

Established:
1959

Collection:
Western Art, Matsukata Collection

【Exhibition】
GUERCINO

Guercino (1591-1666) was one of the major painters of the Italian Baroque period who further developed the Baroque aesthetics with academic painting methods begun by painters Caravaggio and Carracci. Once his name has numbered amongst the most famous painters in the history of Italian art.

The NMWA collection includes one oil painting by Guercino, and this exhibition will provide an overview of his entire oeuvre through the display of approximately 40 oil paintings. This is the first Guercino exhibition to be held in Japan.

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Date March 23rd, 2015

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