Room1｜公益財団法人サンリツ服部美術館ー諏訪の美術館で東洋西洋の芸術文化を感じる

Room1:

Hattori Ichiro Memorial Room

展示室1　服部一郎記念室

Displaying in the Private Room

Depicting the Private Room

Dates

Sunday 26 April 2026 - Sunday 11 April 2027

Closed

Mondays (however, when a National Holiday falls on a Monday, the museum is open on that Monday), Friday 5 June 2026, Monday 13 July 2026-Saturday 18 July 2026, Monday 28 September 2026-Saturday 3 October 2026, Monday 30 November 2026-Saturday 5 December 2026, Monday 21 December 2026-Monday 4 January 2027.

Admission　

Adult: 1,100（1,000）yen

Junior high/elementary school students ［Those under the age of 15]: 400 (350) yen

* ( ) indicate discount fees for groups of 20 or more.
*Special exhibitions charge different admission prices.

　　　Since its opening in 1995, the Ichirō Hattori Memorial Room at the Sunritz Hattori Museum of Arts has presented modern and contemporary Western paintings collected by Ichirō Hattori (1932–1987). This exhibition focuses on the theme of the “private room,” introducing works from the collection through two perspectives.

　　　Today, displaying artworks in private homes is commonplace. However, in Europe, paintings long served primarily to convey specific messages and large-scale works intended for churches, palaces and other public spaces were predominantly produced. With the rise and growing affluence of the urban middle class, smaller works suitable for domestic interiors came to be in demand. From the modern period onward, artists increasingly created still lifes and figure paintings—subjects that were readily accessible and allowed for sustained engagement—beyond the realm of commissioned works.

　　　This exhibition presents small-scale works likely created with private viewing in mind, alongside paintings depicting artists’ studios and other intimate spaces. Through these works, we invite visitors to reflect on the role of art within personal environments and to consider the presence of paintings in their own living spaces.