Menard Art Museum

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Menard Art Museum
メナード美術館
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Established1987
LocationKomaki, Aichi, Japan
Coordinates35°17′20″N 136°55′11″E / 35.2889°N 136.9198°E / 35.2889; 136.9198Coordinates: 35°17′20″N 136°55′11″E / 35.2889°N 136.9198°E / 35.2889; 136.9198
TypeMuseum
FounderNippon Menard Cosmetic Co.
Websitemuseum.menard.co.jp

The Menard Art Museum (メナード美術館) is a museum located in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The museum was founded by the owners of Nippon Menard Cosmetic Co. and opened in 1987.

Art works in the permanent collection include "Portrait of Jeanne Martin in hat adorned with rose" by Édouard Manet (1881), and "Man in a Field or Evening, the End of the Day" (1889) by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh.

The museum has a large collection of Japanese paintings of the 19th and 20th centuries. On display are both works of art in traditional Japanese style of painting (Nihonga), as well as images that have been influenced by Western art movements (Yōga). Paintings in traditional Japanese style are by Tawaraya Sōtatsu, Ogata Kōrin, Katsushika Oi, Yokoyama Taikan, Uemura Shōen, Kobayashi Kokei, Yasuda Yukihiko, Maeda Seison, Murakami Kagaku, , , Hayami Gyoshū, Higashiyama Kaii, , Kayama Matazō and .

Among the Western influenced artists found in the collection are Fujishima Takeji, Okada Saburōsuke, , Umehara Ryūzaburō, , Kishida Ryūsei, , Munakata Shikō, Nakamura Tsune, , and Koide Narashige.

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