The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki

The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki

茨城県近代美術館
Established	October 1988
Location	666-1 Higashikubo, Senba-chō, Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture 310-0851, Japan
Coordinates	36°22′04″N 140°27′55″E
Type	modern art
Accreditation	Ibaraki Prefectural Board of Education
Collection size	3,700
Owner	Ibaraki Prefecture
Website	www.modernart.museum.ibk.ed.jp
Building details
Technical details
Floor area	10,502 m^2
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Junzō Yoshimura

The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki (茨城県近代美術館, Ibaraki-ken kindai bijutsukan) opened on the shore of Lake Senba (千波湖) in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, in October 1988. The collection, numbering some 3,700 pieces as of October 2015, includes works by Manet, Monet, and Renoir, Gustave Courbet, Eugène Carrière, Camille Pissarro und Alfred Sisley as well as Yōga and Nihonga by artists including Tsuguharu Foujita, Heihachirō Fukuda, Taikan Yokoyama, Yukihiko Yasuda, Tetsugoro Yorozu, Kanzan Shimomura, Kenzo Okada, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Kiyokata Kaburagi, Kokei Kobayashi, Gyoshū Hayami, Hishida Shunsō, and Shikō Imamura.^[1][2][3][4]

Noteworthy works in the collection include Chrysanthèmes by Édouard Manet, Grotte de Port-Domois by Claude Monet and Portrait de Mademoiselle Francois by Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

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  Édouard Manet:
  Chrysanthèmes
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  Claude Monet:
  Grotte de Port-Domois
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  Pierre-Auguste Renoir:
  Portrait de Mademoiselle Francois

See also

• Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of History
• List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Ibaraki)

References

1. 茨城県近代美術館 [The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
2. 県立美術館・博物館の展覧会情報 [Prefectural Museums and Art Museums] (in Japanese). Ibaraki Prefecture. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
3. "English Information". The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
4. 茨城県近代美術館 所蔵作品検索システム [The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki Fine Art Search System] (in Japanese). The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

External links

• (in English) The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki
• (in Japanese) Collection Database