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【Retrospective of André Brasilier】

A retrospective of André Brasilier opened in 2005 at the State Hermitage Museum in Russia and was highly evaluated internationally. On its return to France, Ando's also organized a Retrospective in Paris, which ended in great success. The retrospective in Japan, featuring the same content as that in Paris, was launched in October 2006 and travelled to Tokyo, Nagoya, Niigata, Sapporo and Fukuoka. The show comprised a total of 83 works selected by the artist himself, including oil paintings, watercolors, tapestries and ceramics from the early years to the present.

◇Russia
September 6, 2005 ～ November 6, 2005	the State Hermitage Museum in Russia
◇Paris
March 22, 2006 ～ June 3, 2006	Mitsukoshi Etoile, Paris
◇Japan
October 10, 2006 ～ October 22, 2006	Mitsukoshi Nihombashi, Tokyo
	travelled to, Nagoya, Niigata, Sapporo and Fukuoka

【Exhibition of new paintings by André Brasilier】

An exhibition of new paintings was held simultaneously with the retrospective in Japan, and was enthusiastically received at each venue. The show, mainly of new works, comprised 40 oil paintings including a 200-sized piece.

Ando's will hold new oil-paintings exhibition of André Brasilier at the main building of Tokyo Nihombashi Mitsukoshi from October 14^th 2009. This exhibition consists of 40 superior oil-paintings : from the large size 300 to the small one. At this exhibition in Tokyo, Mr. & Mrs. Brasilier will be invited from Paris and the autograph session of André Brasilier will take places. This exhibition will travel 3 cities in Japan by March 2010.

【André Brasilier Exhibition in Châeau-Thierry】

Tardenois, which lies about 100km north of Paris, has produced two great artists: Paul Claudel, a poet (1868-1995; his sister is the sculptor, Camille Claudel), and the painter André Brasilier. Both had and have a deep love for the region, acknowledging it as a source of their creativity. The exhibition (November 24, 2006-January 24, 2007) presented 30 paintings by André Brasilier created between 1965 and 2006 and which took Tardenois as their motif. They were also a homage to a stanza of a Claudel poem. While spending several years in Japan as ambassador, 1921 to 1927, Claudel frequently visited historical sites such as Nikko to gain further understanding of Japanese culture. He is also known as a founder of the Maison France-Japonaise together with the industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa.

【The "Inten" Exhibition of the Japan Art Institute held in Paris】

The advent of the Inten marked the notable return of a Japanese art exhibition to Europe after a 77-year interval, the last having been the 1930 Nihon Bijyutsuten in Rome, at the instigation of Taikan Yokoyama and others. The opening session on April 24, 2007 at Mitsukoshi Etoile, Paris, was well attended and the Japan Art Institute well represented by many of its members, from the president, Ikuo Hirayama down. Not only did Ando's arrange an opportunity for exchange between the master artist André Brasilier and prominent masters in the Japanese art world, but also made film footage of this showcase event. This 30-day exhibition concluded on June 23, 2007.

Communing with the master Ikuo Hirayama

With the master Toshio Matsuo

【André Brasilier Exhibition 2010】

The new oil-paintings exhibition of André Brasilier which travels 4 cities in Japan, was already held in Tokyo and in Sendai, receiving a high reputation. We invited Mr.& Mrs. Brasilier from Paris for Tokyo exhibition, and a lot of people came and visited there. We will inform you of their daily life staying in Tokyo with several photographs. The exhibition at Sakae Mitsukoshi in Nagoya will be held from January 27^th to February 2^nd, and at Fukuoka Mitsukoshi from March 2^nd to 8^th. (update: Januarr, 2010)

Mitsukoshi

The National Art Center,
Tokyo

Memorial Hall of constitutional politics, Tokyo

Mt.Fuji, Hakone