Bridgestone Museum of Art
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Bridgestone Museum of Art (ブリヂストン美術館 Burijisuton Bijitsukan) is an art museum in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1952 by the founder of Bridgestone Tire Co., Ishibashi Shojiro (his family name means stone bridge).[1] 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 headquarters of the Bridgestone Corporation in Chūō, Tokyo.
[edit] Selected artists
- Edgar Degas
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- Camille Pissarro
- Édouard Manet
- Vincent van Gogh
- Eugène Henri 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[2]
- Shigeru Aoki
[edit] References
- ^ Dunn, Michael (May 4, 2006). "Bridgestone museum celebrates 50th anniversary". The Japan Times (The Japan Times, Ltd). http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20060504a1.html. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
- ^ Wada, Yuhei (January 21, 2011). "'Why is it Masterwork?'". The Japan Times (The Japan Times, Ltd). http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20110121b2.html. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
[edit] External links
- Bridgestone Museum of Art - official site (English)
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Coordinates: 35°40′44″N 139°46′19″E / 35.67889°N 139.77194°E
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