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Looking Human: The Figure Painting
2 November [Sat], 2024 - 9 February [Sun], 2025
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About this exhibition
Pliny the Elder’s encyclopedic Naturalis Historia (77 CE) includes the story of the daughter of a ceramic tile maker in Corinth, a city in ancient Greece, wanting a record of the young man she loved, who was setting out on a trip. She drew an outline of his shadow on the wall. In the latter half of the eighteenth and the early nineteenth century, that story was often mentioned as the origin of painting. In fact, if we look at the history of art in Europe, “depicting a person,” figure painting, has long been a significant element in creating works. For example, self-portraits have been both opportunities to display one’s skill and experimental settings for trying new styles. Portrait painting has been a staple source of painters’ livelihoods. In addition to actual human figures, portraits also depict the characters in stories. This exhibition introduces the abundance of paintings of the human figure.
Exhibition overview
Exhibition title
- Looking Human: The Figure Painting
Exhibition period
- 2 November [Sat], 2024 - 9 February [Sun], 2025
Opening hours
- 10:00 – 18:00 (until 20:00 on Fridays) *Last entry 30 minutes before closing.
Closed
- Mondays (except November 4, January 13), November 5, December 28 – January 3, 14
Organizer
- Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation
Venue
- 5F Gallery
Concurrent Exhibitions
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Jam Session: The Ishibashi Foundation Collection × Mohri Yuko –On Physis（6F Gallery）
Selections from the Ishibashi Foundation Collection Special Section Matisse’s Studio（4F Gallery）
Ticket prices (incl. tax)
| On-line ticket | In-Person ticket (purchase at museum) | |
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| General | 1,200 yen *Credit card payments only | 1,500 yen |
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University college high school students |
Free entry Advance booking required
Please present student ID upon entry. | |
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Disabled visitors (plus one accompanying assistant) |
Free entry Advance booking not required
Please present disabled person’s handbook upon entry. | |
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Children through junior high school | Free entry Advance booking not required | |
*Booking is not accepted when a time slot is full.
*In-Person ticket may be purchased at the museum, if the time slot is not full.
*This admission fee gives the visitor access to the concurrent exhibitions.
Art works
André DERAIN, Portrait of Vlaminck playing the Violin, 1905
Paul CÉZANNE, Self-Portrait with a Hat, c.1890-94
Pierre-Auguste RENOIR, Mlle Georgette Charpentier Seated, 1876
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.
Rochester Group, Apulian Red-Figure Lekythos, Woman, c.340 B.C.
HASEGAWA Roka, Copy after The Aldobrandini Wedding, 1955-56
Eva GONZALÈS, Sleep, c.1877-78
Henri MATISSE, Patitcha (La Sultane), 1947
Alberto GIACOMETTI, Yanaihara, 1958
Pablo PICASSO, The Painter and His Model, 1963
© 2024 - Succession Pablo Picasso - BCF (JAPAN)
