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Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art

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Japanese name: 千葉県立美術館

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Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art
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WHAT TO DOChiba Prefectural Museum of Art

Centred on Chu Asai, a founder of modern Western-style painting in Japan, in a low horizontal building by Masato Otaka.

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Centred on Chu Asai, a founder of modern Western-style painting in Japan, in a low horizontal building by Masato Otaka.

About this place

Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art (千葉県立美術館, Chiba Kenritsu Bijutsukan) opened in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan in 1974. The focus of the collection is the work of local artists and of artists with connections to Chiba, and it includes paintings by Asai Chū, Millais, Corot, and Antonio Fontanesi.

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Key facts

Founded / opened:1974 Architect / artist:Masato Otaka Highlights / collection:Oil paintings and drawings by Chu Asai, Artists connected with Boso Genre:Western-style painting, Nihonga (Japanese-style painting)

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