trying to be brief for once. here are paintings i loved in the Ōhara museum in Kurashiki, Okayama. i got int trouble for taking a picture of one of the paintings so most of these i had to remember by taking a picture of the placard or writing it down in my notes app. i present you:
Hector and Andromache by Giorgio de Chirico
(the illiad plus mechanical metaphysical elements? this painting was basically made for me)
The Woodcutter by Ferdinand Hodler
(this guy basically only paints lumberjacks for some reason)
From Now On by Mizuno Rina
Before the Ball by Tsuguhara Foujita
??? by Paul Serusier
??? by Koide Narashige (i think)
Clayey Animal from the Later Han Dynasty
there was a painting called The Day My Son Yo Died in English that I adored but i didn't take a picture of it or note the artists name. I can't find it anywhere online. one day i will find it. all this shit took me like 45 minutes to put together because the о̄hara museum has no website!!!!! and all the english names are different than the actual names so i had to do a lot of reverse image searching via pinterest. i dont even know the names of 2 of these paintings. my favorite by far was Hector and Andromache though. i love mythological art.
in conclusion what a hidden gem of a museum that deserves more attention. this museum had a ton of picassos and monets as well, all hidden away in the okayama prefecture. a good place to spend your birthday ;]
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