“The Growing Collection of Kurume City Art Museum” is a series of exhibitions in which our collection, which continues to grow, is presented.The main focus of the fourth show in this series is the painter Nomiyama Gyoji (b. 1920), who was born in Iizuka, Fukuoka and, at over 100 years of age, continues to create art. With thirteen works by Nomiyama in the Kurume City Art Museum collection, of which eight were donated by the artist, and six works on long-term loan from The Nishi-Nippon City Bank as the pivot, the development of Japanese yōga (Western-style painting) Nomiyama has witnessed over the past one hundred years is traced.