Exhibition: Monet and the artists of Giverny: the beginning of american impressionism, at Bunkamura Shibuya

Claude Monet - Nympheas

Giverny, some 80 kilometers northwest of Paris, is known as the village where the great Impressionist artist Claude Monet spent half of his life and painted many of his masterpieces. In 1883, when Monet came to live here, Giverny only had some 300 inhabitants. Afterwards, other painters were also attracted by this typical French country village situated at just the right distance from Paris. No doubt Monet's success had something to do with, but be that as it may, by the beginning of World War I, Giverny had become an artists' colony. Records show that those artists came from all over the world, including Japan, such as Torajiro Kojima, but more than 70 percent of all visiting painters were American.

The exhibition held at Bunkamura in Shibuya, the same neighborhood as our La Casa Gaienmae Shared Appartment and Borderless Harajuku-Kitasando Guesthouse, focuses on the themes that Monet pursued in Giverny, combining works produced by American artists, to present a total picture of Giverny as an artists' colony.

Claude Monet - Garden at Giverny

INFORMATION:
Monet and the Artists of Giverny: The Beginning of American Impressionism
モネとジヴェルニーの画家たち

Until the 17th of February 2011 at Bunkamura - Shibuya
Hours: 10:00-19:00 (Enter closes 30 minutes before closing time)
Admission: Adult ¥1,400
College/ HS ¥1,000 JHS/ Child ¥700
¥200 discount per person for advance tickets or group purchases of 20 or more.

Tokyu Bunkamura Inc.
24-1,Dogenzaka 2-chome Shibuya-ku
Tel: 03-3477-9111

By JR : 7 mins. walk from Shibuya Station (Hachiko exit)
By Tokyu Toyoko Line; Tokyo Metro Ginza Line; Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line; Keio Inogashira Line / 7 mins. walk from Shibuya Station
By Tokyu Denentoshi Line; Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line / 5 mins. walk from Shibuya Station (3a exit)

Please also visit the Bunkamura's website for more informations!

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