In Praise of Light and Shadow - Modern Japan's First Western-Style Painting Collection

Sen-oku Hakukokan Museum

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Modern Western-style painting, which forms part of the Sumitomo Collection, began when Kichizaemon Tomozumi (Shunsui) Sumitomo acquired two oil paintings by the Impressionist painter Monet in Paris during his tour of Europe and the United States in 1897. Although French painting at the end of the 19th century showed the gradual decline of the classical realism school along with the rise of Impressionism, Shunsui's collection of Western-style paintings included both Impressionist and classical works of the same period. In addition, the Sumitomo Western-style painting collection was the first full-scale collection of Western-style paintings in Japan after the Meiji Restoration.

This exhibition introduces a number of modern Western-style paintings nourished by the two streams of Impressionism, which pursued light, and the Classical School, which pursued a sense of reality through shadows.

Schedule	Mar 14 (Tue) 2023-May 21 (Sun) 2023  Opening Hours Information Hours 10:00-17:00 Closed Monday Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day. Closed in between exhibitions. Notice Closed on April 25.
Fee	Adults ¥1000, University Students ¥600, Age 18 and Under free. [Special Exhibition] Adults ¥1200, University Students ¥800, Age 18 and Under free.
Website	https://sen-oku.or.jp/program/2023_westernpainteing/
Venue	Sen-oku Hakukokan Museum
Location	24 Shishigatani Shimo Miyanomae-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 606-8431 Open with a Map App
Access	20 minute walk from Keage Station on the Tozai subway line; From JR Kyoto Station, take the #5 or #100 City bus and get off at Higashi Tennocho. The venue is a 3 minute walk from there.
Phone	075-771-6411
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