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The collection of Pola Museum of Art, Pola Art Foundation is one that was put together over a period of more than forty years by Suzuki Tsuneshi (1930-2000), the former owner of the Pola Orbis Holdings Inc.. These works include example of modern European painting, modern Japanese Western-style painting, contemporary Japanese-style painting, prints, sculpture, Oriental ceramics, modern and contemporary Japanese ceramics, glasswork, and cosmetic utensils from a variety of eras and regions of world.
Exhibition
Itozono Wasaburo January 18 - July 8, 2012 Open Daily
    Yellow Landscape    

Itozono Wasaburo
Yellow Landscape
1970
Oil on canvas
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Paintings
Masterpieces of the Pola Museum of Art January 18 - July 8, 2012 Open Daily
Western Painting
Forming the core of the collection are modern European paintings, chiefly works by Impressionists and Post-Impressionists such as Monet and Van Gogh, and twentieth-century painters such as Picasso and Léonard Foujita. In this gallery, approximately fifty paintings are presented, generally following the course of Modern painting.
    The Students of Salamanca       Flower Vase with Thistle    
 

Edouard Manet
The Students of Salamanca
1860
Oil on canvas

  

Vincent van Gogh
Flower Vase with Thistle
1890
Oil on canvas

  
    Renée       Watchman    
 

Amedeo Modigliani
Renée
1917
Oil on canvas

  

Léonard Foujita
Watchman
ca. 1958-1959
Oil on fiberboard.
© ADAGP, Paris & SPDA, Tokyo, 2012

  
List of Works
Japanese Western-style Painting
The Pola Museum of Art has paintings that provide an overview of the major painters and important movements in the history of Japanese Western-style painting, from early Meiji era to the Taisho and Showa eras. In this gallery, we follow how Japanese painters created a Japanese style of oil painting by assimilating Western painting in original ways.

    Kimono with Iris Pattern       Portrait of Reiko Sitting    
 

Okada Saburosuke
Kimono with Iris Pattern
1927
Oil on cardboard mounted on canvas

  

Kishida Ryusei
Portrait of Reiko Sitting
1919
Oil on canvas

  
List of Works
Japanese-style Painting
Modern and contemporary Japanese-style paintings represent one of the highlights of the Pola Museum of Art. The collection has been built around works of artists who profoundly influenced Japanese-style painting of the Showa era.

             
 

Sugiyama Yasushi
Shimmering Water
1992
Color on linen
framed
(on display: January 18
- April 18, 2012)

  

Sugiyama Yasushi
Water
1965
Color on linen
framed
(on display: April 19
- July 8, 2012)

  
List of Works
Cosmetic Utensils
Ladies' Etiquette in Style Female Accomplishments and Makeup in Modern Japan January 18 - July 8, 2012 Open Daily
    Misono Face Powder Paste for Their Imperial Majesties Kochoen       Ivory Hairpin for Western Hairdressing with Peony and Chrysanthemum Design in Openwork    
 

Misono Face Powder Paste for Their Imperial Majesties
Kochoen
Meiji period

  

Ivory Hairpin for Western Hairdressing with Peony and Chrysanthemum Design in Openwork
Meiji period

  
    Tortoiseshell Comb with Small Chrysanthemum Design in Openwork       Metal Compact with Plum Blossom Design    
 

Tortoiseshell Comb with Small Chrysanthemum Design in Openwork
Meiji period

  

Metal Compact with Plum Blossom Design
Taisho period

  
List of Works
Oriental Ceramics
Chinese Ceramics in the Ming and Qing Dynasties January 18 - July 8, 2012 Open Daily
    Jar with Design of Chinese Boys in Underglaze Blue       Square Jar with Flowers Design in Overglaze Enamels    
 

Jar with Design of Chinese Boys in Underglaze Blue
Jing-de-zhen Ware. Ming Dynasty
16th century. Jia-jing mark

  

Square Jar with Flowers Design in Overglaze Enamels
Jing-de-zhen Ware. Ming Dynasty
16th century. Jia-jing mark

  
    Large Dish with Design of Women in Overglaze Enamels       Pair of Bowls with Peony Design in Famille Rose Enamels    
 

Large Dish with Design of Women in Overglaze Enamels
Ming Dynasty
17th century

  

Pair of Bowls with Peony Design in Famille Rose Enamels
Jing-de-zhen Ware. Qing Dynasty
18th century. Yong-zheng mark

  
List of Works
Photo(architecture) : Mamoru Ishiguro
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