The museum has a very unusual history. It was founded in April 1959 to display a private collection belonging to Kojiro Matsukata, the third child of a former Japanese prime minister.Kojiro Matsukata...
The National Museum of Western Art is divided into two parts: the original building and the new wing.
The main building is one of the most important architectural works in Tokyo. It was designed by...
I’ll now be telling you about some of the works by Rodin we can find in the entrance garden.
Rodin was born in Paris in 1840. Initially the object of harsh criticism for the raw realism of his...
In the lobby of the museum, you can see the 1882-83 version of The Thinker, perhaps Rodin’s best-known work and one of the most widely admired worldwide. There is more than just one copy of the...
The French artist Gustave Courbet was one of the finest painters of the 19th century, with a particularly significant influence on the culture of his time. He was the leading figure of Realism, and...
Here in the museum, you can admire 14 paintings by Claude Monet, one of the finest painters from the Impressionist movement. The signature feature of Impressionism is the definitive move away from...
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