Full View of the Collection - Mie Prefectural Art Museum

4 January - 24 March 2013

Part 1: 4 January - 11 February

Part 2: 14 February - 24 March

Hours: 9:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.

• Entry is permitted thirty minutes before the galleries are closed.

Closed: Mondays

  (except 14 January and 11 February),15 January, 12 February

Admission:

Adults: 500(400)yen
Students (College or senior high school): 400(300)yen

Students (Elementary or junior high school): admission free

• Prices in parentheses are for groups of more than 20 persons.
• Persons with disability, one person accompanying them are admitted free of charge.

Nagahara Kotaro
Poster for the 6th Exhibition of the Hakubakai Group

1901

Mie Prefectural Art Museum began acquiring artworks 2 years prior to its opening. Because a collection is the most important task for us as a public museum, we have put great efforts on making our collection over the last three decades.

There were three major types of art that especially interested us: (1) Art from the Edo period onward by artists who were either natives of Mie or had a close relationship with Mie. (2) Paintings from the Meiji period onward that show the development of modern oil paintings in Japan, or paintings by foreign artists who exerted a strong influence over modern Japanese art. (3) Sketches, studies, watercolors, and other documents that give insight into the creative undertakings of certain key artists. After Mie Prefecture became the sister state of Valencia, Spain, in 1992, the museum also began collecting works by important Spanish artists.

When the museum first opened, there were approximately 360 pieces in the collection, but each year, the number of pieces has grown, thanks to donations and  purchases. At present, there are more than five thousand works housed in the museum. Some works were purchased with budgets from the prefecture, but a large number were donations from artists, art lovers and their estates, or local organizations. They are always on permanent display for your viewing pleasure.

This exhibition contains over 250 works of art, including paintings, drawings, printings and sculptures all from our museum collection.

List of the Works (Part 1)

List of the Works (Part 2)

Ogawa Norio
Two Women
1913

Iwahashi Noriaki
Still Life with a Duck

1875

Related Events

Gallery Talks (only in Japanese)

Sunday, 13 January, 2pm～ Tanaka Yoshiaki; About the collection of Mie Prefectural Art Museum
Sunday, 27 January, 2pm～ Mouri Ichiro; Establishment of Japanese Art after the War

Sunday, 3 February, 2pm～ Hara Maiko; In a Chop Suey Parlor by Shimizu Toshi, a melting pot of multi-modern cultures

Sunday, 10 February, 2pm～

Sunday, 24 February, 2pm～ Yoshida Eiko; Daphnis et Chloé by Aristide Maillol, the world of illustrated books

Sunday, 3 March, 2pm～

Sunday, 10 March, 2pm～

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Santa Catalina de Alejandría

1645-50