MERA Kenji "MELANO MUSEUM"

There was a cat in the famous painting!?

★ Popular in magazine articles, etc.!

A collection of cat paintings by cat artist Kenji Mera! !

From Renaissance paintings to Impressionists and Japanese paintings, there are cute and mischievous cats in those masterpieces...!

A humorous and witty collection of cat art! !

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Plenty of masterpieces of cats that are kept in the collection of the Grand Duchy of Italy and the Melano Museum!?

Leonardo Nha Vinci,

Nyafaello Sanzio,

Johannes Fermeera,

Nyan Everett Millais,

Nyalphonse Marinya Mucha,

Vincent Nyan Gogh,

An unprecedented exhibition catalog that includes many famous paintings from the collection of the Melano Museum, such as Tawaraya Cats!

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Hello everyone in Japan, I am Clarice Nha Gagnatnero, Princess of the Grand Duchy of Italy.

I am very happy to be able to exhibit the collection of the Melano Art Museum in Italy in my favorite country, Japan.

I have to tell you about the Melano Museum, right?

The paintings with cats are part of the collections of the Grand Dukes, dating back to the Renaissance.

Until then, it was open to the public as needed in a mansion, but after a fire in 1961 and a family disturbance in 1968, the castle on the shores of Lake Ulurnjan was renovated and opened to the public as a museum in 1979.

Please enjoy the many famous cat paintings from all over the world.

--Excerpt from the princess greeting recorded in this book

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★Ask Mera-sensei a question

Q: Mr. Mera, you know a lot about Italy, but where is Italy?

A: It's in your mind.

Q: I heard that you have plans for a traveling exhibition?

A: Yes. It really is. We will inform you in order.

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CONTENTS

About the Melano Museum Exhibition

Kenzino Merano, Director of the Melano Museum

greeting

Clarice Nha Gagnatnero

History and Culture of the Grand Duchy of Italy

plates

1 Nya Vinci and Italy

2 Renaissance

3 A lot of Fermera

4 Princess Collection

5 Director's selection

6 Find the cat

7 Mucha Collection

8 Chat Noir and Van Gogh

9 Japan Collection

Memories of a trip to Italy

Animation director Hayao Nekozaki

<World Civil War> Shimo no Art Criticism No.12

The constellation of the Melano Museum guided by Sakutaro's magic lantern

Akira Okawada, art critic and university lecturer

index

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★Kenji Mera

A cat painter.

Born in Katsuura City, Chiba Prefecture, he lives in Sodegaura City, Chiba Prefecture. After graduating from Chiba College of Economics, he worked at the Sodegaura City Hall Library. After working for more than 10 years, he changed his job to a cat painter. Since then, he has continued to draw cats for more than 10 years, and has drawn more than 2,000 cats to date. He has created many portraits of Naoki Prize-winning author Mariko Koike's pet cat. He holds solo exhibitions every year in Ginza, Hakodate, etc. He also holds classes to draw cats at about 20 places, including a culture center in Tokyo. In recent years, Kyogen and musical kamishibai performances have also been held in various places. Participating artist of Tsuburaya Productions Creative Jam (TCJ).

Main publications include "Coloring Pictures of Adorable Dogs and Cats", "Let's Draw Our Cats with New Edition Colored Pencils", "Let's Draw Our Dogs with Colored Pencils" (Nippon Publishing), postcard book " Cat-colored time” (ArtBox). He is also in charge of the illustrations for the cat manga magazine "Neko no Akubi" from the first issue to the suspended issue.

A5 size, 128 pages, 2,500yen (consumption tax not included)