Menard Art Museum, Art museum in Komaki, Japan.
The Menard Art Museum is an art museum in Komaki, a city north of Nagoya, holding a collection of European and Japanese paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries. The European side leans toward post-impressionist work, while the Japanese section covers several schools and periods of traditional painting.
The museum was founded by the owners of the Nippon Menard Cosmetic Company and opened in 1987. It was one of the first institutions in the Nagoya area to bring together European and Japanese art under one roof.
The collection began with works gathered by Daisuke and Misuko Nonogawa, founders of Nippon Menard Cosmetic Co. It spans roughly 1,500 pieces, from Japanese Nihonga and Yōga painting to European moderns such as Manet, Cézanne, Renoir, Picasso and Chagall. Visitors can also see sculpture by Rodin, Bourdelle and Giacometti, plus ceramics by Rosanjin and Katō Tōkurō.
The exhibitions change roughly every two months, so it is worth checking what is on display before you go. The museum is in Komaki and easy to reach by train from central Nagoya.
The museum was designed and built by Tokyu Construction, and the building was completed in October 1986, before opening on 28 October 1987. It closed for renovation from 7 May 2008 and reopened on 25 April 2009. In 2006 it recorded about 80,000 visitors over the year.
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