Looking Human: The Figure Painting

2 November [Sat], 2024 - 9 February [Sun], 2025

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About this exhibition

Pliny the Elder’s encyclopedic Naturalis Historia (77 CE) includes the story of the daughter of a ceramic tile maker in Corinth, a city in ancient Greece, wanting a record of the young man she loved, who was setting out on a trip. She drew an outline of his shadow on the wall. In the latter half of the eighteenth and the early nineteenth century, that story was often mentioned as the origin of painting. In fact, if we look at the history of art in Europe, “depicting a person,” figure painting, has long been a significant element in creating works. For example, self-portraits have been both opportunities to display one’s skill and experimental settings for trying new styles. Portrait painting has been a staple source of painters’ livelihoods. In addition to actual human figures, portraits also depict the characters in stories. This exhibition introduces the abundance of paintings of the human figure.

Exhibition overview

Exhibition title

Looking Human: The Figure Painting

Exhibition period

2 November [Sat], 2024 - 9 February [Sun], 2025

Opening hours

10:00 – 18:00 (until 20:00 on Fridays) *Last entry 30 minutes before closing.

Closed

Mondays (except November 4, January 13), November 5, December 28 – January 3, 14

Organizer

Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation

Venue

5F Gallery

Concurrent Exhibitions

Jam Session: The Ishibashi Foundation Collection × Mohri Yuko –On Physis（6F Gallery）
Selections from the Ishibashi Foundation Collection Special Section Matisse’s Studio（4F Gallery）

Ticket prices (incl. tax)

On-line ticket In-Person ticket (purchase at museum)
General 1,200 yen　*Credit card payments only 1,500 yen
University
college
high school students 		Free entry　Advance booking required
Please present student ID upon entry.
Disabled visitors
(plus one accompanying assistant) 		Free entry　Advance booking not required
Please present disabled person’s handbook upon entry.
Children
through junior high school 		Free entry　Advance booking not required
*Online tickets must be purchased up to 10 minutes before the end of each time slot.
*Booking is not accepted when a time slot is full.
*In-Person ticket may be purchased at the museum, if the time slot is not full.
*This admission fee gives the visitor access to the concurrent exhibitions.

Art works

André DERAIN, Portrait of Vlaminck playing the Violin, 1905

André DERAIN, Portrait of Vlaminck playing the Violin, 1905

Paul CÉZANNE, Self-Portrait with a Hat, c.1890-94

Paul CÉZANNE, Self-Portrait with a Hat, c.1890-94

Pierre-Auguste RENOIR, Mlle Georgette Charpentier Seated, 1876

Pierre-Auguste RENOIR, Mlle Georgette Charpentier Seated, 1876

Painter of Boulogne 441, Attic Black-Figure Neck-Amphora, Herakles and Kerberos, c. 520-510 B.C.

Painter of Boulogne 441, Attic Black-Figure Neck-Amphora, Herakles and Kerberos, c. 520-510 B.C.

Maplewood Painter, Apulian Red-Figure Bell-Krater, Man and Woman, The 2nd quarter of the 4th century B.C.

Maplewood Painter, Apulian Red-Figure Bell-Krater, Man and Woman, The 2nd quarter of the 4th century B.C.

Rochester Group, Apulian Red-Figure Lekythos, Woman, c.340 B.C.

Rochester Group, Apulian Red-Figure Lekythos, Woman, c.340 B.C.

HASEGAWA Roka, Copy after The Aldobrandini Wedding, 1955-56

HASEGAWA Roka, Copy after The Aldobrandini Wedding, 1955-56

Eva GONZALÈS, Sleep, c.1877-78

Eva GONZALÈS, Sleep, c.1877-78

Henri MATISSE, Patitcha (La Sultane), 1947

Henri MATISSE, Patitcha (La Sultane), 1947

Alberto GIACOMETTI, Yanaihara, 1958

Alberto GIACOMETTI, Yanaihara, 1958

Pablo PICASSO, The Painter and His Model, 1963<br /> © 2024 - Succession Pablo Picasso - BCF (JAPAN)

Pablo PICASSO, The Painter and His Model, 1963
© 2024 - Succession Pablo Picasso - BCF (JAPAN)

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