Sompo Museum of Art
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| Established | 1976 |
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| Location | Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan |
| Type | Art museum |
| Website | https://www.sompo-museum.org/en/ |
The Sompo Museum of Art (SOMPO美術館, Sonpo bijutsukan) is an art museum in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. It is owned by the Japanese insurance company SOMPO and is located next to the company's headquarters. It started as the Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Museum of Art in 1976 and gradually expanded. The current six-storey building was completed in 2020.[1]
The museum became famous when it bid 5.8 billion yen (£25 million) for one of Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers paintings at Christie's in London on 30 March 1987, far exceeding the largest amount ever paid for a painting.[2] The record up to that point was 1.95 billion yen (£8.2 million), which was paid for Adoration of the Magi by Mantegna.[3] The painting has been in the museum's collection ever since.[4]
Collection
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Sunflowers (F457), Vincent van Gogh, 1888 -
Lane at Alchamps, Arles, Paul Gauguin, 1888 -
Apples and Serviette, Paul Cézanne, 1879
References
[edit]- ^ "About us | Sompo Museum of Art". SOMPO美術館 EN. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
- ^ "The Van Gogh Sunflowers lawsuit: the full story behind the Nazi-loot claim to Tokyo's $250m painting". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. 2023-01-20. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
- ^ トウシル編集チーム. "30 March 1987: SOMPO Pays 5.8 billion Yen for Gogh's Sunflowers". Rakuten Toshiru (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-06-22.
- ^ "Vincent van Gogh,Sunflowers | Collection | Sompo Museum of Art". SOMPO美術館 EN. Retrieved 2024-06-22.