Family Travelogue: Hakone Open-Air Museum features Emile-Antoine Bourdelle, Emilio Greco: / Family Travelogue 16 March 2016 Part 6

Hercules the Archer

Hercules the Archer is a sculpture with many versions. The original was made in 1909 by a french artist, Emile Antoine Bourdelle. It was commissioned by a wealthy philantropist, Gabriel Thomas, for a single copy in gilt-bronze-exclusive for Thomas only. Years later, Bourdelle regretted granting the rights to Thomas. Bourdelle was not allowed to sell new copies of a bronze sculpture, Hercules the

Archer. Not to further Boudelle's disappointment, Thomas released his rights to the bronze sculpture. To conclude, futther versions of the Hercules the Archer are displayed in the museum and cities in Belgium, France, Japan and Argentina and USA

Emile Antoine Bourdelle was a very influential french artist. He was a sculptor, painter and a teacher. Musee Bourdelle was used to be his home studio. It is now an art museum with 500 of his works located at the 15th arrondissement of Paris in France. He worked with Rodin in 1893 as his assistant. Bourdelle's influence as a teacher is significant, then future prominent artists from around the world attended his classes.

I am not sure if we were able to take photos of all Bourdelle's pieces displayed at the Hakone Open-Air Museum. We managed to take five.

1918~22 Grande Statue de l'Eloquence

1918~22 Grande Statue de l'Eloquence by a French artist, Emile-Antoine Bourdelle (1861~1929)

1918~22 Grande Statute de la Liberte

1918~22 Grande Statute de la Liberte by a French artist, Emile-Antoine Bourdelle (1861~1929)

1918~22 Grande Statue de la Victoire

1918~22 Grande Statue de la Victoire by a French artist, Emile-Antoine Bourdelle (1861~1929)

1918~22 Grande Statue de la Force

1918~22 Grande Statue de la Force by a French artist, Emile-Antoine Bourdelle (1861~1929)

Bronze Monumental Sculptures by a French artist, Emile-Antoine Bourdelle (1861~1929)

1968 Two Figures

1968 Bronze, paint Two Figures by Barbara Hepworth from UK (1903~1975)

1962~63 Sphere-Trames

1962~63 Sphere-Trames by a French artist, Francois Morellet (1926~)

1956 Van Gogh a Travers Champs

1956 bronze sculpture, Van Gogh a Travers Champs by a Russian-French artist, Ossip Zadkine (1890~1967)

1956 Van Gogh a Travers Champs

1956 bronze sculpture, Van Gogh a Travers Champs by a Russian-French artist, Ossip Zadkine (1890~1967)

1992 Hey~

1992 Hey! by a Japanses artist, Shin Yamamoto (1941~ )

1986 Unidos

1986 Unidos by a Spanish artist, Santiago de Santiago Hernandez (1925~

1973 Big Hand

1973 aluminum made Big Hand by a German artist, Rainer Kriester (1935~2002)

Round Plaza

left: 1990 Surprise with the Glare by a Japanese artist, Takao Tsuchida (1943~)
rights: 1988 Sound of Wind by a Japanese artist, Takao Tsuchida (1943~)

1965 La Victoire de Villetaneuse

1965 bronze made sculpture, La Victoire de Villetaneuse by a French artist, Cesar Baldaccini (1921~1998)

1954 The Hand of God

1954 The Hand of God by a Swedish-American artist, Carl Milles (1875~1955)

Green Plaza

What do we have here? 1968 Miss Black Power; 1982~83 Fugue Fusante and 1993 Close.
These works were featured at the Part 4 of this series blog.

1933 Le Grand Prophete

1933 bronze sculpture, Le Grand Prophete by a Spanish artist, Pablo Gargallo (1881~1934).

1973 Grande Figura Accoccolata N.4

1973 Grande Figura Accoccolata N.4 by an Italian artist, Emilio Greco (1913~1995 )

1962~1964 Grande Bagnante N.6

1962~1964 bronze sculpture, Grande Bagnante N.6 by an Italian artist, Emilio Greco (1913~1995)

1969 EGrande Figura Seduta N.2

1969 bronze sculpture, EGrande Figura Seduta N.2 by an Italian artist, Emilio Greco (1913~1995)

Hakone Open Air Museum

The Hakone Open-Air Museum is a Harmony of Sculpture and Nature. It was opened in scenic Hakone in 1969, the first museum in Japan devoted to sculpture in the open air.

The museum is situated in 70,000 sqm of parkland and has distant vistas of mountain and sea that change with the changing seasons.

In 2014, around 300 works of Picasso were added with the over 120 works displayed in the open. Picasso's works are placed inside and photography is prohibited.

Museum staff members check the status of the sculptures daily and carry out any necessary conservation to preserve their beauty and original condition. The staff also focuses on landscaping and planting. The sculptures are placed to balance and harmonize with the terrain of the surrounding mountains.

More art works the next blog...Hakone Open-Air Musuem Part 7 features PICASSO

How to get there:

From Gora: Take the Tozan train and alight after one stop at Chokoku-No-Mori Station.

follow the signs to the Open Air Museum.

Getting to the Hakone Open-Air Museum

From Shinjuku, we took the Romance Car to Hakone Yumoto.

From Hakone Yumoto Station, we went down across the road and took the Bus 2 bound to Moto Hakone Ko and Hakone Machi Ko. We alighted at Moto Hakone Ko.

From Moto Hakone Ko, we joined the Lake Ashii Cruise to Togendai Ko

From Togendai Ko, we took the Ropeway to Ubako station

From Ubako station, we took the Bus to Sounzan station

From Sounzan Station, we took the cable car to Gora station

We had our lunch near Gora station before we went to the Open-Air Museum by the Tozan Railway train.

A separate post for our Hakone trip March 2016.

Check out the other art works displayed at Hakone Open-Air Museum: