Feb. 17, 2026Marubeni Corporation
Marubeni is pleased to announce that the upcoming Marubeni Gallery exhibition, Max Touret: A Hitherto Unknown Master of Post-Impressionism, will be held from March 17 to May 23, 2026.
Exhibition Overview:This is the first solo exhibition of French painter Max Touret (1872–1963) in Japan. Although a few of his works were lost during such turbulent times as the Second World War, more than 350 pieces remain in the possession of his daughters and grandchildren to this day. In addition to his career as an engineer, Touret was among the artists who rigorously studied and applied theories such as realism and impressionism—as well as divisionism, which influenced his style in the 1920s—to his pieces. Like artworks by modern Japanese painters of the same period, his works reveal an exploration and embrace of new painting techniques from the late 19th to the early 20th centuries.
After a long period without a public exhibition of Touret’s art, the first solo exhibition of his work was finally held in 2023 in his native France, at the Musée Eugène Boudin in Honfleur, Normandy. Through the works of Max Touret, a “hitherto unknown master of Post-Impressionism,” alongside Marubeni Collection pieces by his contemporaries, the exhibition highlights the widespread influence and acceptance of the French Impressionist style that was central to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, while also providing an opportunity to also reexamine the growing impact of Japonisme on the art world of the day.
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About the Marubeni Gallery:Designed under the concept of “a space where the aesthetics of the East and West in ancient and modern times resonate with each other,” the Marubeni Gallery is a facility where Marubeni’s art collection is on display to the public. Marubeni’s art collection consists of the three main categories: textiles (such as kimono, Noh robes, and fabric fragments), textile designs, and paintings. Since its founding in 1858, Marubeni has pursued the aesthetic beauty of Japan through its textile business. This resulted in the collection and preservation of ancient textile products (such as kimono, obi, and silk gift-wrapping cloth) and designs primarily from the 17th to mid-19th centuries—the first and second pillars of the collection. Gaining contacts in the art world through this pursuit of textile designs, Marubeni also acquired modern Japanese paintings through art dealers or from the artists themselves. Later, in the 1960s and 70s, Marubeni expanded into the international art business, acquiring Western paintings as well. Together, these Japanese and Western paintings form the third pillar of the collection. Since its opening in 2021, the Marubeni Gallery has featured rotating exhibitions on a variety of themes to share this collection and other works of historical and cultural value with the public.
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Future Exhibit (Tentative Title/Details):・An Italian Poem and a Japanese Novel—Simonetta and Giuliano in Works of Art and Literature, a Commemorative Exhibition for the 160th Anniversary of the Japan-Italy Treaty of Amity and Commerce and 550th Anniversary of the Death of Simonetta(August to September, 2026)
