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Kasama Nichido Museum of Art's 50th Founding Anniversary
The Untimely End of Young Talents
October 1 [Sat.] - December 18 [Sun.] 2022
 Shunsuke MATSUMOTO "Station" 1942 Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art |
Looking back on the history of Japanese modern art, there are quite a few "premature painters" who produced outstanding works but died young, such as Shigeru AOKI, Shoji SEKINE, Tsune NAKAMURA, Kaita MURAYAMA, Yuzo SAEKI, Ryusei KISHIDA and Shunsuke MATSUMOTO. In their short lives, these painters created new expressions that were not bound by authority or formality and carved their names in Japanese modern art history along with the words they left behind. Facing their inner selves and painted with youthfulness and passion, their artworks transcended time and fascinate us living today. In the Meiji and Taisho eras, when these premature painters were active, were a time of respect for individuality, self-esteem and celebration of life. This exhibition introduces Takeji Fujishima and other painters who led their generation, and explores the historical background of the time. Also, it will be introduced that Tsune NAKAMURA, a painter who was born in Mito city and celebrates the 135th anniversary of his birth this year, the "Nakamuraya Salon" by Aizo SOMA and his wife Kuromitsu, and "Ikebukuro Montparnasse" where Tsune built his studio.
| Exhibition | Kasama Nichido Museum of Art's 50th Founding Anniversary The Untimely End of Young Talents |
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| Date | October 1 [Sat.] - December 18 [Sun.] 2022 |
| Place | Kasama Nichido Museum of Art |
| Hours | 9:30-17:00 Tuesday-Sunday |
| Closed | Mondays |
| Admissions | Adults 1000 yen/ Seniors 65+ 800 yen Collage/ High School Students 700 yen Junior High School Students 500 yen Elementary School Students Free.
(200 yen discount for each visitor in a group more than 20 people, 50% discount for the handicapped ID holders and their companion.) |
Special Event
Gallery Talks in Japanese
Oct 1 [Sat.], Nov 5 [Sat.], Dec 23[Sat.]
14:00-
50th Founding Anniversary Discussion: "Encounters of Artworks by Premature Painters"
Tokushichi HASEGAWA (Museum director) and Chieko HASEGAWA (Museum vice-director)
Oct 8 [Sat]
14:00-
Special Seminar: "Fascinating Japanese Modern Western-style Paintings in Meiji-Taisho era: Outstanding Geniuses and Their Stormy Lives"
Professor Masayuki OKABE (Teikyo University, Special director of the Museum of Modern Art, Gunma)
November 13 [Sun]
14:00-
For further enquiry about the exhibition, feel free to contact us.
Kasama Nichido Museum of Art
Ibaraki, Kasama-city, Kasama 978-4
309-1611
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