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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 the late 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
Mori Yoshio: A Hymn for Humanity
Sep. 9, 2009 - Mar. 7, 2010  Open Daily
    Spring, Greece       Mothers and Children    
 

Mori Yoshio
Spring, Greece
1965
Oil on canvas

 

Mori Yoshio
Mothers and Children
1980s
Oil on canvas

 
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Paintings
Masterpieces of the Pola Museum of Art
Sep. 9, 2009 - Mar. 7, 2010 Open Daily
Western Painting
Forming the core of the collection are modern European paintings, chiefly works by Impressionists such as Monet and Cézanne, and twentieth-century painters such as Picasso.@In this gallery, approximately thirty paintings are presented, generally following the course of Modern painting.
    Rouen Cathedral       Harlequin    
 

Claude Monet
Rouen Cathedral
1892
Oil on canvas

 

Paul Cézanne
Harlequin
1888-1890
Oil on canvas

 
    Portrait of a Woman (Mme C.D.)       Without Support    
 

Amedeo Modigliani
Portrait of a Woman (Mme C.D.)
ca. 1916
Oil on panel

 

Wassily Kandinsky
Without Support
1923
Oil on canvas

 
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.

    Quenching Thirst with Raw Sake at a Shop in the Autumn Countryside       Portrait of Reiko Sitting    
 

Koyama Shotaro
Quenching Thirst with Raw Sake at a Shop in the Autumn Countryside
1889
Oil on canvas

 

Kishida Ryusei
Portrait of Reiko Sitting
1919
Oil on canvas

 
    Kimono with Iris Pattern       Entrée de Rue du Château    
 

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

 

Saeki Yuzo
Entrée de Rue du Château
ca. 1925
Oil on canvas

 
List of Works

Japanese-style Painting / Watercolor and Drawing
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.
    Chinguain and Aspen       Camellias    
 

Takayama Tatsuo
Chinguain and Aspen
1972
Color on paper / framed

 

Kishida Ryusei
Camellias
ca. 1924
Color on silk / framed

 
 

Sep. 9, 2009 - Dec. 2*, 2010 Open Daily

 

Dec. 2*, 2009 - Mar. 7, 2010 Open Daily

 
List of Works
Cosmetic Utensils
The Realm of Beauty - Makeup from Rococo to Art Deco
Sep. 9, 2009 - Mar. 7, 2010  Open Daily
    Coral Inlaid Toilet Case       Glass Toilet Set Louis XVI Style    
 

Coral Inlaid Dressing Case
Middle of 19th century
England

 

Glass Toilet Set Louis XVI Style
Second half of 19th century
Baccarat France

 
    Wall Mirror with Portraits of Marie-Antoinette and Louis XVI       Silver Dressing Set in Iris Design Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company    
 

Wall Mirror with Portraits of Marie-Antoinette and Louis XVI
1880s Germany

 

Silver Dressing Set in Iris Design
Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company
ca.1903-1907 England

 
List of Works
Glasswork
Floral Motifs in Art Nouveau Glass: The works of Gallé, Daum and Tiffany Sep. 9, 2009 - Mar. 7, 2010  Open Daily
    Vase with Poppy Design       Lamp with Parsley Design    
 

Emile Gallé
Vase with Poppy Design
ca.1900

 

Emile Gallé
Lamp with Parsley Design
1902-1904

 
    Vase with Wisteria Design       Flower-form Vase    
 

Daum Brothers
Vase with Wisteria Design
1910s

 

Louis Comfort Tiffany
Flower-form Vase
ca. 1900

 
List of Works
Photo(architecture) : Mamoru Ishiguro
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