IWATE MUSEUM OF ART

The photorealism, which depicts our everyday life such as street corners, signboards and cars with photographic accuracy, emerged as a unique style of painting in the United States in the late 1960s. It soon became quite popular not only for its concrete and easy subjects but also for its minute technique. We can also say that it surely took over the tradition of American realist painting. The exhibition reviews the development of the American photorealism, with 67 works by such important painters as John Baeder, Robert Cottingham, Richard Estes, Ralph Goings and Charles Bell.


Lecture by Motoe Kunio
Apr.24, 2004 14:00-15:30/at the Hall

Gallery Talk
Apr.16, May 7, 2004 14:00-/at the Temporary Exhibition Gallery

Library Program
books on representational paintings in postwar America
Apr.4 - May 11, 2004/at the Library

  Admission ( ) shows the rate for groups of 20 people or more
Adults 800 (650)yen
Students of Senior High School and University 500 (400)yen
Students of Elementary School and Junior High School 300 (250)yen
*Temporary exhibition tickets cover the admission of the museum collection exhibition.