The face of the era. Four centuries of European painting
ARTinvestment.RU   30 апреля 2012

Traveling exhibition of the Hermitage in the National Arts Centre in Tokyo

National Arts Centre, Tokyo, Japan
25 April - July 16, 2012

April 25, 2012 at the National Arts Centre in Tokyo, the grand opening of the exhibition "Face of the era. Four centuries of European painting "from the Hermitage collection.

Eighty-nine paintings belonging to the exposure, then the audience will see the Japanese cities of Nagoya and Kyoto. At the opening of the exhibition M. Piotrovsky noted that the submitted paintings can be traced the history of the Hermitage, the stages of its collections. "Great artists whose works are included in the exhibition, so long are in the Hermitage collection, which became significant for the museum: we say" our Titian "," our Rembrandt "," our Matisse "».

Tiziano Christ the Almighty. 1570s Oil on canvas Source: hermitagemuseum.org

Anthony van Dyck Self. 1622-1623 Oil on canvas Source: hermitagemuseum.org

exhibition "Face of the ages. Four centuries of European painting" consists of five thematic sections, covering the period from the XVI and the beginning of XX century, each of which consists of paintings of great masters who have become symbols of the era, among them - Titian, Van Dyck, Rubens, Rembrandt, Delacroix, Picasso.

Henri Matisse Red Room. 1908 oil on canvas Source: hermitagemuseum.org

card of the exhibition is a monumental painting by Henri Matisse's "Red Room", once again brought before a Japanese audience after almost thirty years.

Source: hermitagemuseum.org