Hide Kawanishi - One Hundred Scenes of Kobe 1952-61

Kobe Artists Museum

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Artists

Hide Kawanishi

Printmaker Hide Kawanishi (1894-1965) remains a favorite of a wide range of generations. He produced a series of landscapes titled One Hundred Views three times during his lifetime. The first was the woodblock print "One Hundred Views of Kobe" (1933-1936), known as a masterpiece depicting the vibrant prewar urban landscape of Kobe and the lives of its people.

The second was the postwar "Kobe Hyakkei" (New Kobe Hyakkei), commissioned by the Shinko Shimbun newspaper in 1952. Although the newspaper did not publish the first commissioned work, a portion of it was redrawn in 1961 and published the following year as "Kobe Hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Kobe)" in a book of paintings. The museum received this original painting in 2017, which had been missing for more than 50 years.

The third 100 series was "Hyogo Hyakkei" (1962-1963), which was painted in poster color for a series of articles in the Kobe Shimbun newspaper. This series of paintings covered famous places in Hyogo Prefecture. The newspaper's collection is said to have been lost in the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, but another "Hyakkei Hyogo" (1963), which an enthusiast specially commissioned Kawanishi to paint, remains and will be exhibited here.

First Period: October 15 (Saturday) - November 20 (Sunday)
Second Period: November 22 (Tuesday) - December 25 (Sunday)

Schedule

Oct 15 (Sat) 2022-Dec 25 (Sun) 2022