三岸好太郎と美術館（英文）

The Migishi Kotaro Museum of Art, Hokkaido was established in memory of Migishi Kotaro, and collects, preserves and displays his works, carrying on surveys and research as well.

It was founded as the Hokkaido Museum of Art in 1967, with the artist’s works donated by his family. Its name was changed to the present one and it became an institution for the artist in 1977. In 1983 it moved into a new building constructed in the image of the artist’s atelier.

The museum now houses and displays representative works by Migishi Kotaro and endeavors to promote art and culture in Hokkaido through various activities.

[Collection (as of April 2018)]

257 Migishi Kotaro’s works: 88 oil paintings, 159 watercolors and drawings, 10 prints

[Museum Information]

Hours/ 9:30a.m. to 5:00p.m. (No admittance after 4:30p.m.)

Closed/ Mondays (except national holidays)　Dec. 29 to Jan. 3, time for changing displays, etc.

Admission Fees for the Migishi Museum’s Exhibition of the Collection/

Adults: 510yen(420yen) ／University and high school students: 250 yen(170yen)

For visitors who visit both the Exhibition of the Collection of the Migishi Museum and the one of the Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art/

Adults: 820yen (660yen) University and high school students: 410yen (270yen)

*(  ) shows admission fees for 10 people or more.

*Admission free for the handicapped, students up to and including those in　junior high school, senior citizens over 64, etc.

*Admission free for high school students on Saturdays and May 5.

*Admission free for everyone on July 1. (Anniversary).

Different fees apply for the special exhibition.

Admission Fees for the Migishi Museum’s Special Exhibition 

Adults: 610yen(500yen) ／University and high school students: 360 yen(250yen) ／Junior-high school and Erementary shool students: 250yen(200yen)　
*(  ) shows admission fees for 10 people or more.

Address：Kita-2 Nishi-15, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-0002  Japan     Phone: +81-11-644-8901  FAX: +81-11-644-8902

His early works with a naïve predilection such as “Girl holding a lemon”(1923) and “Brother and his eldest daughter”(1924) were widely appreciated and drew much attention.
	“Girl holding a lemon”(1923)
	“Woman with a red shawl”(1924)
Traveling China in 1926, he was stimulated by the European culture in the colonial city of Shanghai. That led him to sublimate his romantic nature to a series of works depicting clowns and marionettes with touches of Fauvism from 1928 to 1932.
	“Chinees girl”(1926)
	“Marionette”1930
	“Clown”(1932)
From the end of 1932, interested in Avant-Gard painting, he tried the abstract style, and a remarkable method scratching a thick-painted surface (“Orchestra” 1933).
	“Orchestra” 1933
In his last year, he showed an inclination to Surrealism, particularly painting butterflies and seashells. Just before his death, he set about building his atelier. Before its completion, however, he succumbed to disease.
	“Flying butterfly” 1934
	“Carefree shellfish” 1934

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