About Sompo Museum of Art
History
Sompo Museum of Art
Entrance
Exhibition Gallery
July 2020 | - The museum is reopened after transferring to a new dedicated building on the grounds of Sompo Japan’s headquarters. |
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April 2020 | - The museum’s name is changed to the ‘Sompo Museum of Art.’ |
Seiji Togo Memorial
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Museum of
Art
Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art
FACE(Public Competition) exhibit
July 2019 | - The museum has welcomed a total of 6 million visitors. |
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September 2014 | - The museum’s name is changed to the ‘Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Museum of Art’ |
December 2012 | - The museum has welcomed a total of 5 million visitors. |
December 2011 | - FACE (a competition that is open to the general public) is established. |
August 2007 | - The museum has welcomed a total of 4 million visitors. |
September 2003 | - A ‘Van Gogh and Flowers’ exhibition is held. |
July 2002 | - The museum’s name is changed to the ‘Sompo Japan Seiji Togo Museum of Art.’ |
Seiji Togo Memorial Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art
‘Vincent Van Gogh and his Time’ exhibit
Van Gogh Sunflowers
May 2002 | - The museum has welcomed a total of 3 million visitors. |
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February 1997 | - The museum has welcomed a total of 2 million visitors. |
September 1993 | - The first ‘Vincent Van Gogh and his Time’ exhibit is held. It continues to be held every year until 1997. |
March 1992 | - The museum has welcomed a total of 1 million visitors. |
January 1990 | - Paul Cézanne’s Pommes et Serviette is opened to the public. |
January 1988 | - Gauguin’s works: L’Allée des Alyscamps,Arles are opened to the public. |
October 1987 | - Van Gogh’s Sunflowers (which Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance had purchased that year) is made available for viewing by the public. |
April 1987 | - The museum’s name is changed to the ‘Seji Togo Memorial Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art.’ |
Seiji Togo Art Museum
Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd.’s (now Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.) headquarters
Opening ceremony
April 1978 | - After Seiji Togo’s death, his family endows the museum with 345 items from his estate, including 156 pieces of art. |
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March 1977 | - The ‘Seiji Togo Memorial Museum Grand Prix Award’ for established artists (suspended in 2009) and the ‘Outstanding Rising Artists Award’ for new artists are created. |
July 1976 | - With assistance from Seiji Togo himself, the museum opened as the ‘Seiji Togo Art Museum’, located on the 42nd floor of Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd.’s (now Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.) headquarters. |