"Cincinnati Art Museum Exhibition: European Masterpieces that Crossed to America" (Ueno Royal Museum) Opening Report. Van Gogh's Late Masterpiece Also Comes to Japan
An exhibition of 84 European modern art works from the Cincinnati Art Museum has opened at the Ueno Royal Museum.Summary
The exhibition "Cincinnati Art Museum Exhibition: European Masterpieces that Crossed to America" has opened at the Ueno Royal Museum in Tokyo and runs until January 10, 2027. It presents 84 works created between the early 19th and mid-20th centuries from the Cincinnati Art Museum's collection of European paintings and sculptures, tracing the evolution of European modern art through artists such as Corot, Courbet, Cezanne, Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh, Picasso, Modigliani, and Chagall. Founded in 1881, the Cincinnati Art Museum is one of the oldest museums in the United States, holding approximately 73,000 works from around the world; many of the works in this exhibition were donated by women collectors active in the local community in the mid-20th century. The display is organized into three chapters, "Tradition," "Revolution," and "Modernism," each further divided into three sections, following chronologically the flow from Romanticism and academicism, the Barbizon school to Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Cubism, and Expressionism. The introduction features artist-themed works such as Modigliani's "Max Jacob," while the "Tradition" chapter traces how new expressions focused on nature and daily life emerged from academic tradition, centering on Corot and Millet. The "Revolution" chapter presents Cezanne's "Still Life with Bread and Eggs," Courbet's "Dusk at Vevey, Switzerland," Monet's "Rocks at Belle-Ile, Port-Domois," and works by Sisley and Degas, demonstrating new possibilities in painting, including Impressionism. According to Peter Jonathan Bell, the museum's curator, the renovation of its galleries led to the realization of this exhibition, which marks the first time its collection has been shown abroad on this scale, with Tokyo chosen as the first venue.
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