Takanori Ogisu 120th Anniversary: Mon Paris, Moi à Paris

Museum “Eki” Kyoto

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Artists

Takanori Ogisu

Takanori Ogisu (1901-1986) was a painter who lived in Paris and expressed the cityscape from a unique perspective. In 1956, he was awarded the Legion of Honor by the French government, and in 1978, the city of Paris held a retrospective exhibition at the Château de Bagatelle to commemorate his 50 years in Paris. In 1983, the Inazawa City Ogisu Memorial Museum of Art opened in his hometown, and in 1986 he was awarded the Order of Cultural Merit.

This exhibition, commemorating the 120th anniversary of his birth, traces the evolution of Ogisu’s painting style through about 70 oil paintings from the domestic collection, including European landscapes he painted on his travels, with a focus on the cityscapes of Paris, where he continued to pursue his sense of beauty. Also on display are some of the work from Ogisu’s art collection, “Mon Paris, Moi à Paris: Recollections of Takanori Ogisu,” a collection of interviews that appeared in the Chunichi and Tokyo newspapers in 1979. The sketches drawn with a stylish touch convey the atmosphere of the streets of Paris. Enjoy the emotionally charged works of Ogisu, who was described as “a Parisian born in Japan,” as he continued to draw the streets of Paris, where people’s lives and history are engraved.

Schedule

Sep 10 (Fri) 2021-Oct 17 (Sun) 2021