岩内の孤高の画家・木田金次郎。北海道の洋画壇を代表する画家。明治26(1893)年、岩内に生まれ、少年時代から絵画への情熱を育む。有島武郎との運命的な出会いにより、その生涯を岩内で過ごし、絵筆を握ることを決心する。有島が、木田金次郎との交流を書いた小説「生まれ出づる悩み」を発表後、小説に出てくるモデル画家として知られるようになる。

岩内マリンパークにある木田金次郎では、そんな彼の作品を時代の流れとともに展示しています。ダイナミックなタッチによる作品から、彼の岩内に対する愛情と絵に注がれた情熱が伝わってくるようです。この美術館では、木田金次郎作品の展示の他、ユニークな特別展やコンサートの開催もあります。

The solitary painter of Iwanai - Kinjiro Kida. A painter representing Hokkaido's Western art scene. Born in Iwanai in Meiji 26 (1893), he nurtures a passion for painting from his boyhood. Due to his fateful encounter with Takeo Arishima, he spent his his life in Iwanai and decides to hold a paintbrush. After Arishima published the novel "The Agony of Coming into Being," which he wrote about his interaction with Kinjiro Kida, he comes to be known as the model painter appearing in the novel.

At the Kinjiro Kida located in Iwanai Marine Park, such his works are exhibiting along with the flow of era. From his works by dynamic touches, his love for Iwanai and the passion poured into his paintings seem to be conveyed. At this museum, in addition to the exhibition of Kinjiro Kida's works, there are also unique special exhibitions and concerts held.