"Japanese Printmaking 1941-1950" Exhibition
Chiba City Museum of Art
This event has ended.
This exhibition features Japanese prints created in the 1940s, starting from works created in 1941, the year when the Pacific War began. A wide range of cultural activities were prohibited during this time and artists had to hide from public exposure through newspapers and magazines. Some printmakers worked for the country through a government organization, and some created works by visiting deserted areas and portraying the landscapes of Japan. Sadly, some artists died in the war before they could explore their artistic careers.
In the postwar period, the Japanese printmaking started to bloom, revealing new forms of expressions. There was a major abstract art movement and various artists were discovered at international art exhibitions and they started to lead the art scene.
This exhibition mainly features works created before 1950, as well as some pieces from 1953. From the modern period to the beginning of contemporary printmaking, this exhibition introduces the dynamic times in the history of Japanese printmaking.
[Image: Taro Kato "Desire" from "Jeu d'object 2" (1945) Woodblock print. Koriyama City Museum of Art Collection]
Media
Schedule
From 2008-01-12 To 2008-03-02
Artist(s)
Umetaro Azechi, Shigeru Izumi, Eikyu, Gihachiro Okuyama, Tadashige Ono, Koshiro Onchi, Taro Kato, Sumio Kawakami, Hide Kawanishi, Fumio Kitaoka, Tamji Katakawa, Masato Kosaka, Tetsuro Komai, Kiyoshi Saito, Takumi Shinagawa, Masami Sugihara, Junichiro Sekino, Takeo Takei, Okiie Hashimoto, Shigeru Hatsuyama, Yozo Hamaguchi, Tomoaki Hamada, Unichi Hiratsuka, Masao Maeda, Toshiro Maeda, Kanichi Muto, Shiko Munakata, Gen Yamaguchi, Susumu Yamaguchi et al.
