BB Plaza Museum of Art

[Bring art into more people's lives]
The BB Plaza Museum of Art was opened on July 7,2009 as part of a centennial commemoration of the founding of Shimabun Corporation. The museum houses distinctive works of art primarily by leading Japanese painter HIGASHIYAMA Kaii, TAKAYAMA Tatsuo, and KAYAMA Matazo, as well as Japanese painters who studied in Paris, including UMEHARA Ryuzaburo, YASUI Sotaro, and KOISO Ryohei. Also on display paintings and prints by Renoir and Marquet,Vlaminck, Utrillo, Laurencin, Chagai, and others. The museum also houses sculptures by Rodin and Bourdelle. In recent years, new works have been added from Kobe-based artists, including AMITANI Yoshiro and NISHIMURA Isao, as well as Gutai group artists UEMAE Chiyu and HORIO Sadaharu, and IZUMI Shigeru of the Demokrato Artists Association.

[Access]
App.1-min.walk from Iwaya station,Hanshin Railway