| | Stockno.: | S21-041 | Artist: | Ikeda Shōen (1886-1917) | Description: | Elegant painting on silk of a woman who seems just about to doze off, eyes closed, her hand still resting on the book she has put aside. Her elbow leisurely rests on a luxurious lacquer box decorated with gold sakura and stylized streams in blue and gold. In the lacquer box is a collection of more bound books. She wears a simple but refined kimono, a blanket draped over her shoulders. Intimate and peaceful painting, bijin (beautiful women) genre, in Shōen’s romantic gentle style.
With box, inscription reading ‘Ikeda Shōen, picture of a dreaming beauty’ (Ikeda Shōen bijin yume zu).
*Shōen was regarded as one of the most respected female painters of Eastern Japan.Pupil of Mizuno Toshikata 水野年方(1866-1908) and after his passing away became a pupil of Kawai Gyokudō 川合玉堂 (1873-1957), leading Nihonga painter who fused Japanese&Western painting traditions. Won third prize in 1907 at the Bunten exhibition, after which she exhibited ten times. Passed away when she was only 31. | Signed: | Shōen, with artist’s seal. | Size: | Mounting: 190 x 48.5 cm. Image: 102.5 x 36 cm. | Condition: | Excellent condition, an insect dropping just above her shoulder. | Price: | Euro 3350 SOLD | Reference: | | | | |
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