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This collection also represents Hasui’s most rare and lauded images, having survived the great disaster. Of special note are three two-panel screens that are exhibited here for the first time in North America. Drawn from the unparalleled collection donated to VMFA by preeminent Hasui collectors René and Carolyn Balcer, the exhibition exemplifies
The René and Carolyn Balcer Collection comprises some 800 works and includes woodblock prints, watercolors, screens, sketches and other works and writings by Hasui. A major exhibit of the collection, Hasui: Water & Shadow , opened at the VMFA in November 2014 and ran until March 2015.
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Nov 15, 2014 · The exhibition utilizes the unparalleled collection donated to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts by preeminent Hasui collectors, René and Carolyn Balcer. The exhibition is curated by Kendall Brown , Professor of Asian Art History at California State University, Long Beach, and author of earlier books on Hasui and several catalogues on modern ...
Jan 29, 2022 · The works are drawn from René and Carolyn Balcer’s 2017 gift to VMFA. The Balcers have been donating works from their collection to the museum for more than a decade. IMAGES Morning in Beppu (detail), from the series Japanese Sceneries, 1922, Kawase Hasui (Japanese, 1883-1957), woodblock print; ink and color on paper.
Feb 20, 2024 · Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, René and Carolyn Balcer Collection, 2017.594. But look at the 1933 woodblock print of “Setakamui Rock, Shiribeshi” and the sunny warmth of the colors has been ...
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Above the Drowning Sea - Trailer from Rene Balcer on Vimeo. Above the Drowning Sea tells the story of the dramatic escape of European Jews from Nazi-controlled Europe to Shanghai on the eve of World War II. As Hitler’s forces sought to expel the Jews from Europe, the refugees desperately looked for a way out from what would become the Holocaust.
This exhibition is made possible by The James Irvine Foundation, Carolyn Hsu Balcer and René Balcer, and Dr. George W. Housner Related Programs: In addition to the exhibition, the museum is hosting a series of public programs and events surrounding Confucian ideas and philosophies.
