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Ohara Museum of Art

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Ohara Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art
Phone:
+81 86-422-0005

Hours:
Sunday9am - 5pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday9am - 5pm
Wednesday9am - 5pm
Thursday9am - 5pm
Friday9am - 5pm
Saturday9am - 5pm


The Ohara Museum of Art in Kurashiki was the first collection of Western art to be permanently exhibited in Japan. The museum opened in 1930 and originally consisted almost entirely of French paintings and sculptures of the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection has now expanded to include paintings of the Italian Renaissance and of the Dutch and Flemish 17th century. Well-known American and Italian artists of the 20th century are also included in the collection. The basis of the collection was formed by Ōhara Magosaburō on the advice of the Japanese painter Kojima Torajirō and the French artist Edmond Aman-Jean . In 1961 a wing was added for acquired Japanese paintings of the first half of the 20th century: Fujishima Takeji, Aoki Shigeru, Kishida Ryūsei, Koide Tarushige and others. In the same year, a wing for potteries of Kawai Kanjirō, Bernard Leach, Hamada Shōji, Tomimoto Kenkichi and others was opened. 1963 a wing was added for the woodcuts of Munakata Shikō and dyeings of Serisawa Keisuke. Today the last two wings are combined as Crafts Wing . 1972 the Kojima Torajirō Memorial Hall was opened at the Ivory Square of Kurashiki.
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