Artizon Museum
Art museum in Tokyo, Japan
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Artizon Museum Aatizon Bijutukan (アーティゾン美術館), until 2018 Bridgestone Museum of Art (ブリヂストン美術館, Burijisuton Bijutsukan), is an art museum in Tokyo, Japan.[1]
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| Location | Tokyo, Japan |
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| Coordinates | 35°40′44″N 139°46′19″E |
The museum was founded in 1952 by the founder of Bridgestone Tire Co., Ishibashi Shojiro. The museum's collections include Impressionists, Post-Impressionists and twentieth-century art by Japanese, European and American artists, as well as ceramic works from Ancient Greece. The museum is located in the Museum Tower Kyobashi, a 25 floor office building[2] in the Yaesu-Kyobashi area of Tokyo.
History
The museum was founded in 1952 by Ishibashi Shojiro, founder of Bridgestone Tire Co. (his family name means stone bridge).[3]
The museum hosted the first major retrospective in Japan dedicated to Italian architect Ettore Sottsass in 2026.[4]
Closure and eventual reopening
The museum was located in the headquarters of the Bridgestone Corporation in Chūō, Tokyo. This building was demolished in 2015 and the Museum Tower Kyobashi was erected in its place.
The museum closed its doors on 18 May 2015 and reopened again in January 2020.[5] The museum's new name was announced in 2018,[6] combining the words "art" and "horizon".[7] During the long-term closure, various items from the museum's collection have been loaned out for display in other institutions.[8]
Selected artists
Selected collection highlights
Young Man Playing the Piano, Gustave Caillebotte
Still Life with Flowers, Fruits, Wineglass and Tea Cup, Henri Fantin-Latour
Water-Lilies, Claude Monet
Vegetable garden, Camille Pissarro
Woman and child on a balcony, Berthe Morisot
Augusta Reading to Her Daughter, Mary Cassatt
Sleep, Eva Gonzalès
Georgette Charpentier, Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
La Toilette, Gustave Moreau
June Morning in Saint-Mammès, Alfred Sisley
Port of Concarneau, Paul Signac
Portrait of a Young Woman, Paul Gauguin
Mont Sainte-Victoire and Château Noir, Paul Cezanne
Spring, Sesshū Tōyō
Views in and around the City of Kyoto, Unknown Edo period artist
Peony and Peacocks, Maruyama Ōkyo
Black Fan, Fujishima Takeji
Self-Portrait with a Hat, Koide Narashige
Roses, Yasui Sotaro
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Ishibashi Foundation Art Research Center
The Ishibashi Foundation Art Research Center (石橋財団アートリサーチセンター) opened in Machida in 2015 as a research facility for the Artizon Museum. Focused upon the research, storage, and preservation and restoration of the collection, since 2017 school groups have been welcomed, there are also lectures and workshops for the public, and a library open to researchers.[10]
Publications
The museum has published a number of books about its collection and special exhibitions.[11]
