JAPAN WITH THE PASSING SEASONS

PRESS RELEASE
14/07/08
JAPAN WITH THE PASSING
SEASONS
2014/09/19 –2015/01/11
At a time when environmental issues are a principal concern, this
exhibition aims to demonstrate the deep emotional ties between
the Japanese people and nature. Sixty paintings on paper and silk
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evoke their culture's essence.
The works - which
depict plants,
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The exhibition demonstrates how the great artistic movements in
Japanese painting of the seventeenth to the nineteenth century,
while preserving centuries-old tradition, renewed the stylistic
approach to these subjects. Works by artists from the Nanga,
Maruyama-Shijō, and Rimpa movements will be on display, using
various media such as vertical and horizontal scrolls and folding
screens. This exceptional exhibition includes some of the greatest
masters of Japanese painting - Ike No Taiga (1723-1776), Tani
Bunchō (1763-1840), Maruyama Ōkyo (1733-1795), and Sakai
Hoitsu (1761-1828). This last artist is represented by a very rare
series of twelve paintings of "Flowers and Birds of the Twelve
Months." A similar set can be found in the Japanese Imperial
Collection.
The works on display belong to American collectors Robert and
Betsy Feinberg. Some of the works have been seen at exhibitions
in Japan and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Others are appearing for the first time.
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Suzuki Kiitsu (1796-1858), Cranes.
Pair of two- fold screens (fusuma) .
© Collection Mrs Betsy & Mr. Robert Feinberg
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Christine Shimizu
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Directrice du musée Cernuschi
Full price : 8 €
Reduced price: 6 €
(over 60)
Half price: 4 € (14-26 )
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