30th Anniversary Exhibition Georges Rouault: A Compassionate Gaze, Traces of Prayer

【Exhibition Period】

September 19 (Saturday) – December 6 (Sunday), 2026

*Some works will be replaced during the exhibition period.

【Opening Hours】

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Last admission: 4:30 p.m.)

【Closed】

Mondays (If a Monday falls on a national holiday, the museum will be closed on the following Tuesday. The museum will remain open on September 22, November 24, and November 30, 2026.)

【Admission】

Adults: ¥1,500 (¥1,400)

University and high school students: ¥700 (¥600)

Junior high school students and younger: Free

Visitors with a disability certificate or Mirairo ID: ¥500

[One accompanying person may enter free of charge.]

*Prices in parentheses apply to groups of 20 or more.

*All prices include tax.

*This admission ticket also grants access to the 30th Anniversary Exhibition: Claude Monet — 100 Years Since His Death.

【Exhibition Overview】

A devout Catholic, Georges Rouault (1871–1958) developed a distinctive artistic style, maintaining a certain distance from the contemporary artistic movements of an increasingly modernized France. Initially, he depicted the stern expressions of people living on the margins of society, including circus performers, in somber, dark tones. Over time, these faces came to embody a gentler, more compassionate gaze, while the layers of paint grew increasingly thick and textured. This evolution in expression and technique can also be seen in his works based on biblical subjects, revealing the artist’s attempt to discover Christ in the figures of ordinary people and to portray the two as intertwined.

As one of the exhibitions commemorating the museum’s 30th anniversary, this exhibition brings together all four works by Rouault in the collection of the Asahi Group Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art, alongside approximately 35 works from the collection of the Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art, a leading center for Rouault research in Japan. Through these works, the exhibition illuminates the spirit of prayer that permeates the artist’s depictions of both sacred and secular subjects.