| | Stockno.: | S22-011 | Artist: | Kawai Gyokudō (1873-1957) | Description: | Scroll painting of two swimming fish painted with ink on paper, mounted on silk. Minimalistic yet naturalistic painted fish that seem extremely life-like, pictured swimming underneath the water surface with just a few masterful curved brush lines. Interesting uncommon composition: the painting is horizontal, while the mounting is vertical.
With original signed box, inscription reads ‘fish swimming about in water’ (yūgyo).
*Kawai Gyokudō was a leading Nihonga painter who fused Japanese and Western painting traditions. First went to Kyoto in 1887 to study under Kōno Bairei (1844-1895) of the Maruyama-Shijo school of painting. In 1896, he moved to Tokyo and became the student of Hashimoto Gahō(1835-1908)of the Kanō school. In 1898 Gyokudō joined with Okakura Tenshin (1863-1913) and Yokoyama Taikan(1868-1958) to found the Japan Fine Art Academy. In 1940 was awarded the Order of Culture by the Japanese government.TThe Gyokudō Art museum in Ōme (Tōkyō) is dedicated to his work. | Signed: | Gyokudō, with artist’s seal reading ‘Gyokudō’. | Size: | Image: 31x48 cm, including mounting: 118x62.cm. | Condition: | | Price: | Euro 2650 | Reference: | | | | |
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