Looking Human: The Figure Painting

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2024.11.2 SAT - 2025.2.9 SUN

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A panoramic view of figure paintings by modern European painters, including Manet, Cézanne, and Renoi

This exhibition presents a comprehensive view of figure paintings by artists active in Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries, including Manet, Cézanne, and Renoir. If we consider the relationship between model and painter, for example, we find artists who had relationships with the artists who painted them, their contemporaries. In André Derain’s Portrait of Vlaminck Playing the Violin, Vlaminck was his model. Derain’s signature is on the lower right of the painting; on the lower left is the inscription, “My portrait by Derain.” By exploring these paintings’ context—Who was the model? What was the story being depicted? —you will enjoy the masterly figure paintings being exhibited here from new points of view.

  • André DERAIN

    Portrait of Vlaminck playing the Violin, 1905

    André DERAIN, Portrait of Vlaminck playing the Violin,1905

  • Paul CÉZANNE

    Self-Portrait with a Hat, c.1890-94

    Paul CÉZANNE, Self-Portrait with a Hat, c.1890-94

  • Pierre-Auguste RENOIR

    Mlle Georgette Charpentier Seated, 1876

    Pierre-Auguste RENOIR, Mlle Georgette Charpentier Seated, 1876

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Ancient Greek Ceramics, Exhibited in One Setting

Enjoy 30 examples of ancient Greek ceramic vessels displayed together. These ceramics are decorated with a variety of images, including “Herakles and Kerberos,” “Man and Woman” and “Woman” figures. As you explore them, compare their representations of the human figure with those by modern European artists, to grasp the abundance of styles and expressive approaches that have emerged.

  • Painter of Boulogne 441

    Attic Black-Figure Neck-Amphora,
    Herakles and Kerberos    , c. 520-510 B.C.

    Painter of Boulogne 441, Attic Black-Figure Neck-Amphora, Herakles and Kerberos, c. 520-510 B.C.

  • Maplewood Painter

    Apulian Red-Figure Bell-Krater, Man and Woman,
    The 2nd quarter of the 4th century B.C.

    Maplewood Painter, Apulian Red-Figure Bell-Krater, Man and Woman, The 2nd quarter of the 4th century B.C.

  • Rochester Group

    Apulian Red-Figure Lekythos, Woman, c.340 B.C.

    Rochester Group, Apulian Red-Figure Lekythos, Woman, c.340 B.C.

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First exhibition of copies of ancient Roman works by Fujishima Takeji and Hasegawa Roka

Japanese artists who traveled to Italy have found ancient Roman works fascinating. This exhibition presents, along with ancient Roman mosaics and fragments of murals, copies made by two modern Japanese painters, Fujishima Takeji and Hasegawa Roka. These copies are being displayed for the first time since the opening of the Artizon Museum. How did these two artists express the people in those ancient Roman works? Enjoy this intense cross-cultural exploration.

  • HASEGAWA Roka, Copy after The Aldobrandini Wedding, 1955-56

    HASEGAWA Roka

    Copy after The Aldobrandini Wedding,
    1955-56

All works belong to Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation

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