The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki

36°22′04″N 140°27′55″E / 36.367830°N 140.465337°E / 36.367830; 140.465337Typemodern artAccreditationIbaraki Prefectural Board of EducationCollection size3,700OwnerIbaraki PrefectureWebsitewww.modernart.museum.ibk.ed.jp

Building

Building details

Technical detailsFloor area10,502 m²Design and constructionArchitect(s)Junzō Yoshimura

The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki (茨城県近代美術館, Ibaraki-ken kindai bijutsukan) opened on the shore of Lake Senba (千波湖) in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, in October 1988. The collection, numbering some 3,700 pieces as of October 2015, includes works by Manet, Monet, and Renoir, Gustave Courbet, Eugène Carrière, Camille Pissarro und Alfred Sisley as well as Yōga and Nihonga by artists including Tsuguharu Foujita, Heihachirō Fukuda, Taikan Yokoyama, Yukihiko Yasuda, Tetsugoro Yorozu, Kanzan Shimomura, Kenzo Okada, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Kiyokata Kaburagi, Kokei Kobayashi, Gyoshū Hayami, Hishida Shunsō, and Shikō Imamura.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Noteworthy works in the collection include Chrysanthèmes by Édouard Manet, Grotte de Port-Domois by Claude Monet and Portrait de Mademoiselle Francois by Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

Édouard Manet:
Chrysanthèmes
Claude Monet:
Grotte de Port-Domois
Pierre-Auguste Renoir:
Portrait de Mademoiselle Francois

References

^ 茨城県近代美術館 [The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^ 県立美術館・博物館の展覧会情報 [Prefectural Museums and Art Museums] (in Japanese). Ibaraki Prefecture. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^ "English Information". The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^ 茨城県近代美術館所蔵作品検索システム [The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki Fine Art Search System] (in Japanese). The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki. Retrieved 12 October 2015.