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100th Anniversary of the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Masters of Swedish Painting from Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

January 27 (Tue) – April 12 (Sun), 2026

Sweden—a country located in the center of the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. This exhibition will showcase works from the golden age of Swedish painting, which has attracted widespread international attention in recent years. In the 1880s, a younger generation of artists in Sweden began studying in France, feeling drawn to realism—the naturalist representation of people and nature as they are. When at last returning to their homeland, they pursued richly intimate and emotional expression of nature, people close to them, and the hidden radiance of everyday life, seeking to create a uniquely Swedish art style displaying their national identity.
With the full cooperation of the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, this exhibition will explore the unique aesthetic sensibility of Northern Europe, where people draw richness from living intimately with nature, through vibrant Swedish paintings from the late 19th to early 20th century.

Highlights
Highlights
  1. 1. 100% Sweden!
    Works entirely by Swedish artists, depicting Sweden’s harsh but rich natural beauty and the artists’ warm, intimate view of everyday life. Under the themes “Nature,” “Light,” and “The Sparkles of Everyday Life,” viewers will feel in their paintings the roots of “well-being,” a concept deeply embedded in modern Swedish lifestyle.
  2. 2. What Swedish artists envisioned as they pioneered new forms of expression
    In the late 19th century, Swedish painters searched for subjects embodying their Swedish identity and for techniques suited to depicting them. Departing from the realism and naturalism they had absorbed in France, they developed their own distinctive techniques, assigning importance to their emotions and creating a lyrical atmosphere. This exhibition features works of the 1880s to 1915, a period called the Golden Age of Swedish Art.
  3. 3. Exhibitions devoted to Swedish painting are now attracting global attention
    In recent years, Swedish painting has been subject to major exhibitions outside of Sweden in France and the United States, and is attracting widespread international attention. This exhibition, organized with the complete cooperation of Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, will be the first in Japan to chart the trajectory of the late 19th-century golden age of Swedish painting. Featured will be 80 works, among them pieces by artists celebrated in the world today, including Carl Larsson, Sweden's national painter, and August Strindberg, a renowned playwright who was also a painter.

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Period
January 27 (Tue) – April 12 (Sun), 2026
Venue
Exhibition Rooms
Closed
Mondays, February 24, (Open the Mondays of Feb. 23)
Hours
9:30 – 17:30 (Last admission 17:00), Fridays 9:30 – 20:00 (Last admission 19:30)
Admission

General ¥2,300 (¥2,100) ／ College students ¥1,300 (¥1,100) ／ Seniors 65+ ¥1,600 (¥1,400)

  • ・（　）　Advance tickets.
  • ・Visitors 18 years old or younger and students of high-school grade or lower will be admitted free.
  • ・College students and vocational school students will be admitted free weekdays for a limited period from January 27th (Tue) ~February 20th (Fri).
  • ・The 3rd Saturday and the following Sunday of every month are family friendship days. so par-ents (up to 2 residents living in Tokyo) with children under the age of 18 are half the price of the general regular fee(please show the one that shows the address.) No date and time reser-vation required, only available at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum ticket counter.
  • ・Admission free for visitors (and one accompanying person) with a Physical Disability Certificate, Intellectual Disability Certificate, Rehabilitation Certificate, Mental Disability Certificate or Atomic Bomb Survivor’s Certificate.
  • ・Visitors 18 and younger, High-school and College students, seniors 65 and older, and visitors with certificates are asked to show identification.
Resale of admission tickets for this exhibition is strictly prohibited. The museum accepts no responsibility for any inconvenience or loss caused by the illegal resale of tickets.
Organized by
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, NHK, NHK Promotions Inc., The Tokyo Shimbun
Sponsored by
Dai Nippon Printing(DNP)
Supported by
Embassy of Sweden
In Special Cooperation with
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Cooperation with
ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (ANA), Lufthansa Cargo AG
Planning Cooperation
S2
Special WEB Site
https://www.swedishpainting2026.jp/

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