Event
Higashiyama Kaii’s Sketches of Old Towns in Europe
Sep 14, 2019 － Dec 1, 2019
Hours: 10:00 ~ 17:00（entry up to 30 minutes before closing.）
Closed:Mondays
(except Sep 16,Sep 23,Oct 14,Nov 4,Nov 18 and Nov 25)
Sep 17,Sep 24,Oct 15 and Nov 5
Admission:
Adults:900yen（800）
Students (high school and university): 500yen（400）
Admission is free for junior high school students and younger children.
Admission is 300 yen upon presentation of a Disabled Person’s Booklet (Shogaisha Techo).
*Prices in parenthes is apply to groups of 20 or more.
https://www.asahibeer-oyamazaki.com/english/tokubetu/42043/
Venue
ASAHI BEER OYAMAZAKI VILLA MUSEUM OF ART
http://www.asahibeer-oyamazaki.com/english/
Access: 5-3 Zenihara, Oyamazaki-cho, Otokuni-gun, Kyoto, 618-0071 Japan
Tel: 075-957-3123 (Japanese guidance only)
Hours: 10:00 ~ 17:00（entry up to 30 minutes before closing.）
Closed: Mondays,May 6
(except Apr 29, Jun 9)
Description
Higashiyama Kaii (1908–1999), known as a natural landscape painter, created many paintings through dialogue with nature. On the other hand, he loved old historic towns and continued to sketch historical streetscapes from the early days of his painting career.
This exhibition mainly consists of sketches drawn by Higashiyama Kaii and owned by the Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum / Higashiyama Kaii Gallery that are based on pictorial materials he collected during his travels in Europe.
The exhibition also displays several paintings that he created based on his own travel sketches. Unlike paintings, which usually take a long time to produce, sketches directly convey emotions that arise in the painter in the moment. Kaii’s sketches reveal his free and unbounded mind as well as how he deeply identified with those living in old historical towns harmoniously at peace with nature while preserving their towns.
* The line-up will be changed in the middle of the exhibition
