Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Keiko Minami "Commemorating the Centennial of the Artist's Birth"
Commemorating the 100th birth anniversary of printmaker Keiko Minami (1911-2004), this exhibition looks back on her extensive and influential career, including a period spent in France with her husband...More »
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"Nature and Man in Modern Japanese Western Paintings" Exhibition
This exhibition focuses on landscapes and human portraits from the Meiji, Taisho and early Showa periods that illustrate the evolution of the "Western-style" genre of painting in Japan. [Image: Yuichi...More »
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Yoshio Fujimaki 100th Anniversary Exhibition
Yoshio Fujimaki was a printmaker born in Tatebayash in Gunma Prefecture whose works depicted scenes from 1930s Tokyo. This exhibition looks back on his entire career through a showcase of prints and painter...More »
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"Ten Years' Collection: Harmony of Nature and Humanity" Exhibition
Looking back the Museum's ten years, this exhibition will use all the exhibition spaces to introduce its entire collection, based on the theme of the harmony of nature and mankind.More »
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Heishiro Naka Exhibition
This exhibition marks the 120th anniversary of the artist's birth, showcasing the entire arc of Naka's career as a sculptor. More »
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"Masterpieces from the Ryomo Museums: Revealing Excellent Works from Local Collections" Exhibition
This exhibition features a selection of outstanding works from museums in the Ryomo region that spans southeastern Gunma and southwestern Tochigi prefectures. Related events and talks also scheduled....More »
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"How Art Is Made: Analyzing the Collection" Exhibition
This exhibition showcases oil paintings, nihonga paintings, prints, photographs, sculptures and other works that shed light on the elementary creative processes related to each of these genres and media....More »
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Suiun Komuro Exhibition
Japanese painter Suiun Komuro was born Teijiro Komuro in 1875. He studied Chinese painting with the Ashikaga-based painter Soun Tazaki (1815-1898) and was given the name of Soun's father, Suiun. This is...More »
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"Solitary Japanese Painters - Capturing Nature from Distinct Points of View"
This exhibition presents 3 painters who had a connection with Gunma prefecture. Part 1 Sokyo Isobe: Dec 12 2009 - Jan 17 2010 Part 2 Soen Yomoda: January 20 - February 21 Part 3 Rogyu Oyama: February...More »
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Hyakusokyo Kishinami Exhibition
Kishinami started off as a Nanga-style painter (a style derived from Chinese bunjin-ga painting), but his visits to China and Europe led him to shift his focus to depictions of his garden and its plants,...More »
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"Eco & Art -Thinking About the Environment Through Art-" Exhibition
Ecology is the greatest issue that contemporary society faces. This exhibition will tackle this issue from the standpoint of art displaying works that question the relationship between man and the earth...More »
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"Azalea Paintings in Tatebayashi" Exhibition
Since the Edo period, Tatebayashi City, where the Gunma Museum of Art is located, has been known for azaleas preserved around the hilly area called Tsutsujigaoka located to the east of Lake Jyo-numa. In...More »
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Museum Collection "Oil Paintings by Keiko Minami & Kazumasa Nagai"
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François Pompon Exhibition
François Pompon was born in Saulieu, France in 1855, and moved to Paris to become a sculptor when he was twenty. While working as an assistant for various sculptors including Rodin, absorbing skills that...More »
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Ichiro Yuasa Exhibition
Ichiro Yuasa (1868-1931) was born in Annaka City in Gunma Prefecture. He had a simple, somewhat naive personality and warm style, and devoted his efforts to developing a modern style of yo-ga (western)...More »
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Yasuo Kuniyoshi "Light and Shadow of the American Dream"
Living and working to pay his way to study in America since a young age, Yasuo Kuniyoshi ranks with Paris-based Tsuguharu Fujita (1886-1968) and Takashi Murakami (1962-) as one of the Japanese artists...More »
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"Strength of the Earth" Exhibition
This exhibition is part of a special "Dialogue with Materials" series at the Tatebayashi Museum in Gunma Prefecture. Taking paper as its theme in 2002 and wood in 2004, the exhibition series introduced...More »
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"20th Century Human Figures" Exhibition
The path of 20th century art was hemmed in by two major world wars that also produced upheavals in art - reforms in sculpture and figuration, as well as a return towards tradition, and repeated, overlapping...More »
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"Legend of Dream - Mayumi Kuramoto & Fujitama" Exhibition
This is a joint exhibition by two young artists who expose dreams originating from people's mysterious spiritual states and the subconscious lurking in daily life. Mayumi Kuramoto makes 3D recreations...More »
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"New Works from the Permanent Collection Exhibition"
Gunma Museum of Art has three main operations: collection, exhibition and education. The museum has amassed 796 painting, sculpture and print works from all over the world to date. This exhibition introduces...More »
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"Urban France, Natural England - 18th and 19th Century Illustrated Books" Exhibition
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"Before Dawn - Unknown Pioneers of Japanese Photography I. Kanto Edition" Exhibition
The oldest discovered photographs of the Japanese are of the people that were on board the Eirikimaru and rescued by an American merchant ship. The oldest photographs taken in Japan were by Eliphalet Brown...More »
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"Masao Tsuruoka Centennial - Games of an Outlaw" Exhibition
Artist Masao Tsuruoka (1907-1979) who was born in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture has always been involved deeply with the times and society and continued to question what human beings are. Starting with...More »
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Exhibition of Famous Works from the Collection of the Gunma Museum of Art
This exhibition presents a rotating display of 270 works chosen from the 1700 works in the museum's collection, which was built up over a thirty year period. On display will be modern Japanese and Western...More »
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"Nature in Dreams - From Early Showa Surrealism to Contemporary Painting" Exhibition
Selected Related Events: •Workshop: "My Landscape Only" is taking place on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th October. Reservations are being accepted from 12th September. •Three talks will be given by...More »
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"Memories of the Showa Period - Scenery Resurrected in Photography" Exhibition
Taken from the collection of the Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, 300 works by 25 prominent post-war photographers will be on display. Another corner will showcase photographs documenting Nils-Udo's...More »
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William Morris Exhibition: "Stained Glass, Textiles, Wallpaper, Furniture, Book Design"
In the final half of the 19th Century, as Britain entered the industrial age, William Morris (1834-1896) made his mark on his fellow craftsmen of the time by writing a handbook on interior decoration from...More »
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Rossetti and Burne-Jones "Artists Connected to Morris"
This is a special exhibition of Kelmscott Press book works by D.G Rossetti and Burne-Jones, who were connected to William Morris and is being held in conjunction with the William Morris exhibition.More »
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"Pieces of Light"
In the winter, the sun hangs low and the late morning light abundantly fills exhibition room 1 through the glass wall in the south of the museum. This room becomes the stage for Miki Ukai and Kazumi Tsuji's...More »
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Hans Arp
Hans Arp (1886-1966) is known as one of the most innovative artists of 20th century art. A sculptor, painter, and poet, he was one of the founders of the Dada movement in 1916. Opposing mechanical civilization...More »
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Mirage on a Summer Day
Reflections on nature by contemporary artists: including paintings, photography, video, installations and performing art. More »
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The World of Botanical Art
The development of modern botanical art was facilitated by the simultaneous pursuit of scientific accuracy and aesthetic beauty. The exhibition will cover this development as it occurred in both the western...More »
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The Body - Portraying Individuality and Form
The human body remained a rich but formidable theme for artists during the 20th century. This special exhibition will feature diverse expressions of the human body, from works by Pascin and Foujita, to...More »
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A Retrospective Exhibition of Genichiro Inokuma
This exhibition commemorates the 100th anniversary of Genichiro Inokuma’s birth and provides a full retrospective of his masterpieces ranging from his earliest to his final years. We believe that visitors...More »





