Artizon Museum facts for kids
The Artizon Museum in its new location
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The Artizon Museum Aatizon Bijutukan (アーティゾン美術館) is a cool art museum in Tokyo, Japan. Before 2018, it was known as the Bridgestone Museum of Art.
The museum was started in 1952 by Shojiro Ishibashi, who founded the Bridgestone Tire Company. His family name, Ishibashi, actually means "stone bridge"! The museum has a fantastic collection of art. You can see paintings from famous art styles like Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. It also features art from the 1900s by Japanese, European, and American artists. Plus, there are ancient Greek ceramic artworks. The museum used to be inside the main building of the Bridgestone Corporation in Chūō, Tokyo.
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Museum's New Home
The Artizon Museum closed its doors on May 18, 2015. This was so a brand new building could be built for it. The museum reopened in January 2020 in its new, modern home.
Construction for the new building started on June 17, 2016, and was finished in 2019. The museum's new name, Artizon, was announced in 2018. It's a mix of the words "art" and "horizon," suggesting new possibilities for art. While the museum was closed, some of its amazing artworks were shown in other museums.
Artists You Might Know
The Artizon Museum displays works by many famous artists. Here are some of them:
- Edgar Degas
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- Camille Pissarro
- Édouard Manet
- Vincent van Gogh
- Paul Gauguin
- Gustave Moreau
- Paul Cézanne
- Claude Monet
- Amedeo Clemente Modigliani
- Maurice Denis
- Georges Rouault
- Pablo Picasso
- Paul Klee
- Narashige Koide
- Tsuguharu Foujita
- Fujishima Takeji
- Shigeru Aoki
Amazing Artworks to See
The museum has many incredible pieces in its collection. Here are just a few highlights:
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Young Man Playing the Piano, by Gustave Caillebotte
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Still Life with Flowers, Fruits, Wineglass and Tea Cup, by Henri Fantin-Latour
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Water-Lilies, by Claude Monet
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Vegetable garden, by Camille Pissarro
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Woman and child on a balcony, by Berthe Morisot
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Augusta Reading to Her Daughter, by Mary Cassatt
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Sleep, by Eva Gonzalès
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Georgette Charpentier, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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La Toilette, by Gustave Moreau
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June Morning in Saint-Mammès, by Alfred Sisley
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Port of Concarneau, by Paul Signac
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Portrait of a Young Woman, by Paul Gauguin
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Mont Sainte-Victoire and Château Noir, by Paul Cezanne
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Spring, by Sesshū Tōyō
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Views in and around the City of Kyoto, by an unknown Edo period artist
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Peony and Peacocks, by Maruyama Ōkyo
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Black Fan, by Fujishima Takeji
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Self-Portrait with a Hat, by Koide Narashige
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Roses, by Yasui Sotaro
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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. This center is like a special lab for the Artizon Museum. It focuses on studying, storing, and taking care of the museum's art collection. Since 2017, school groups have been able to visit. They also offer talks and workshops for everyone, and there's a library for researchers.
See also
In Spanish: Museo de Arte Bridgestone para niños
- List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Tōkyō)
- Ishibashi Museum of Art
External links
- Artizon Museum
- former Bridgestone Museum of Art
- Artizon Museum within Google Arts & Culture
