The Isaburo & Felice “Lizzi” Ueno-Rix Collection
    From Vienna to Kyoto/From Architecture to Crafts

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Felice Ueno-Rix Casket, “From a Travelling Play in Pai-ch’eng-tzu, China      In 2006/2007, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto received all of the remaining works and reference materials of UENO Isaburō (1892–1972) and Felice Rix-Ueno (1893–1967) as a gift from the Kyoto Interactive School of Art.  UENO Isaburō graduated from Waseda University and was hired at Josef Hoffmann’s architecture firm in Vienna, where he married Felice “Lizzi” Rix.  Rix studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule (Viennese School of Applied Arts) and worked with such materials as textiles, ceramics, and cloisonné at the Wiener Werkstätte (Viennese Workshops).  The couple moved to Japan, where Rix eventually became a professor at the present Kyoto City University of Arts.  Through the valuable drawings, magazines, and other materials by UENO Isaburō, who was a founding member of the International Architecture Society Japan, and the works by Felice Rix-Ueno demonstrating the fusion of sensibilities of Vienna and Kyoto, this exhibition will cast the footsteps of the two artists in a new light.

Related Events
Commemorative lecture: “Discussing Isaburo & Lizzi Ueno-Rix”
Date: January 17 (Sat.)  2:00PM–4:00PM (numbered tickets distributed 11:00AM–)
Lecturers: NAKAI Teiji (professor emeritus, Kyoto City University of Arts; Nitten board member), TATSUBO Yoshitsugu (professor emeritus, Kyoto City University of Arts)
Place: Lecture hall (maximum capacity 100); free
in Japanese only

Commemorative lecture: “Mr. & Mrs. Ueno-Rix—The Couple’s Footsteps in Architecture and Crafts”
Date: January 31 (Sun.)  2:00PM–3:30PM (numbered tickets distributed 11:00AM–)
Lecturer: OKU Kaya (associate professor, Osaka University of Arts)
Place: Lecture hall (maximum capacity 100); free
in Japanese only

Exhibition dates

Tuesday, January 6 – Sunday, February 8, 2009

Closed on Mondays

Exceptions: Open on 1/12 (Mon./holiday); closed on 1/13 (Tue.).

Organizer

The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

Admission

	Day of admission	Group (20 or more)
Adult	600	400
University students	300	200
High school students and younger	Free	Free

No advance tickets will be available for this exhibition.

Publicity Materials

Flyer  PDF (1.79MB)

Other Museums

Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo 　2009/04/11 (Sat.) – 05/31 (Sun.)

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