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Exhibition outline
Few artists of any period were as renowned for the use of light and shadow as Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669). His seemingly limitless variations of bold and subtle shadings cast him as a ‘magician of light and shadow.’
In the cooperation with the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam, this show presents some 110 of the artist’s most important prints and some 15 of his paintings in demonstrating his fascination with and dedication to light and shadow.
The artworks are gathered from the Rijksmuseum, the British Museum, the Louvre Museum, and other major institutions.
Some 30 works in this exhibition are printed on Japanese paper. Rembrandt began using paper imported from Japan by the East India Company since about 1647. The exhibition explores the role that paper played in Rembrandt’s art.
Together, these works trace how the artist, from his early years to the end of his career, dedicated himself to the pursuit of light and shadow, and demonstrate the unsurpassed variation and depth of expressions he was able to achieve.
| Title | Rembrandt: The Quest for Chiaroscuro | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo 7-7 Ueno-koen, Taito-ku, Tokyo, 110-0007, Japan WEB SITE |
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| Access | JR Yamanote Line, 1-minute walk from Ueno Station, Park Exit, Keisei Line, 7-minute walk from Keisei Ueno Station. Ginza or Hibiya Subway Lines, 8-minute walk from Ueno Station. ■There is no parking at the museum. Please use pay-parking around Ueno Park map |
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| Period | Saturday, March 12 - Sunday, June 12, 2011 | |||||||||||||
| Opening hours | 9:30 – 17:30 Admittance until 30 minutes before closing time Closed on Mondays (except March 21,May 2, closed on March 22) ※Opened on May 23, May 30, June 6 |
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| General informationby telephone | 03-5777-8600 (Japanese only) | |||||||||||||
| Official Website | http://www.ntv.co.jp/ rembrandt/ | |||||||||||||
| Admissions |
■ Junior high school students or younger admitted free. ■ Those with physical or mental disabilities and their attendants, admitted free. (Please show ID at entrance) ■ Tickets for the special exhibitions include admission to the permanent collection exhibition. ＊Friday-Night open gallery is cancelled for a period of time. |
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| Organized by | The National Museun of Western Art, Tokyo, Nippon Television Network Corporation, The Yomiuri Simbun | |||||||||||||
| Supported by | Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands | |||||||||||||
| Special Sponsored by |  WEB SITE |
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| Sponsored by | Dai Nippon Printing Co.,Ltd. , NIPPONKOA INSURANCE.CO., LTD. | |||||||||||||
| In cooperation with | Air France, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Nippon Cargo Airlines Co.,Ltd., JAPAN AIRLINES, Nippon Express Co.,Ltd., East Japan Railway Company, BS Nippon Corporation, CS Nippon Corporation, RF RADIO NIPPON CO., LTD. J-WAVE, INC., Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Inc., Television Kanagawa Inc., The Western Art Foundation |
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| With special cooperation of |
NTV Europe | |||||||||||||
| Other venue | Nagoya City Art Museum Saturday, June 25 - Sunday, September 4,2011 |
