Dates

Sat., May 31, 2025 – Sun., November 30, 2025

Venue

Exhibition room 5

In the modernizing Paris of the late 19th century, Impressionist painters such as Claude Monet (1840–1926) and Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) developed unprecedented styles, brimming with shifting light and abundant color. Their works, depicting people at leisure outdoors with vivid color palettes and rapid brushstrokes, were celebrated as paintings for a new era. Monet later began working in extensive series, painting the same subjects repeatedly under different lighting conditions. In his later years, he turned to the pond he had made in his garden, painting water lilies in bloom, and capturing the reflections of light and languid movements of plants on the surface of the water.

The early 20th century saw the emergence of Henri Matisse (1869–1954), Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), and Fernand Léger (1881–1955), each of whom pursued a thoroughly original vision through bold experimentation with color and form.

In this gallery, we present selections from the Pola Museum of Art collection, featuring Impressionist paintings, 20th-century Western modern art, and works by the postwar Japanese avant-garde.