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Must See - The Path of Japanese Western-style Painting
Tochigi City Art Museum
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Yuichi Takahashi, Yoshimatsu Goseda, Seiki Kuroda, Takeji Fujishima, Morikazu Kumagai, Shigeru Aoki, Hanjiro Sakamoto, Hosuke Hashimoto, Tetsugoro Yorozu, Toshi Shimizu, Ryuzaburo Umehara, Sotaro Yasui, Ryusei Kishida, Kazumasa Nakagawa, Seiji Togo, Junkichi Mukai, Jin Osakabe, Yasuo Kazuki, Rey Camoy et al.
From the end of the Edo period to the Meiji era (1868-1912), paintings from the West brought about a great change in Japanese art. For Japanese people at that time, who were familiar with emotionally rich paintings made with ink and delicate colors on paper and silk, the Western painting method was an amazing technique that enabled reproductions that could almost be mistaken for the real thing. To bring this technique to Japan, early Western-style painters such as Yuichi Takahashi took pains to learn the technique.
During the Meiji period, many artists went to the West to study. Seiki Kuroda and others studied academic painting that adopted the Impressionist style. After returning to Japan, they taught younger students at the Tokyo Fine Arts School (now the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tokyo University of the Arts) and had a great influence on Western-style painting education in Japan.
During the Taisho era (1912-1926), the latest Western trends were introduced one after another. While some painters showed the avant-garde trends of the time, such as Cubism and Fauvism, others were influenced by Renaissance paintings and tried to master realism, while others followed their individuality and developed their own style.
Even with the increase in avant-garde artistic expression after the Pacific War, painters continued to expand their rich expression. This exhibition introduces the history of Japanese Western-style painting from the early period to the present day with approximately 60 works by representative artists. Japanese art, which had reached a point of perfection during the Edo period (1603-1867), took a major turn when it encountered Western art.
During the Meiji period, many artists went to the West to study. Seiki Kuroda and others studied academic painting that adopted the Impressionist style. After returning to Japan, they taught younger students at the Tokyo Fine Arts School (now the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tokyo University of the Arts) and had a great influence on Western-style painting education in Japan.
During the Taisho era (1912-1926), the latest Western trends were introduced one after another. While some painters showed the avant-garde trends of the time, such as Cubism and Fauvism, others were influenced by Renaissance paintings and tried to master realism, while others followed their individuality and developed their own style.
Even with the increase in avant-garde artistic expression after the Pacific War, painters continued to expand their rich expression. This exhibition introduces the history of Japanese Western-style painting from the early period to the present day with approximately 60 works by representative artists. Japanese art, which had reached a point of perfection during the Edo period (1603-1867), took a major turn when it encountered Western art.
Schedule | Jul 8 (Sat) 2023-Sep 24 (Sun) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults, University and High School Students ¥800; Junior High School Students and Under, Persons with Disability Certificates + 1 Companion free. | ||||
| Website | https://www.city.tochigi.lg.jp/site/museum-tcam/62101.html | ||||
| Venue | Tochigi City Art Museum https://www.city.tochigi.lg.jp/site/museum-tcam/ | ||||
| Location | 7-26 Irifune-cho, Tochigi-chi, Tochigi 328-0016 | ||||
| Access | 16 minute walk from the North exit of Tochigi Station on the JR Ryomo and Nikko lines; From the North exit of Tochigi Station, take the Fureai bus (Western Loop) and get off at Fujinuma Saketen-mae. The venue is 1 minute walk from there. | ||||
| Phone | 0282-25-5300 | ||||
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