Jun Sekino (1914-1988) rare color woodblock Signed lower right and dated 1957 Dimension: 18 1/2 x 10 1/2" The artist's breakthrough came in the 1950s. In 1953 he had his first one-man show in Tokyo. His prints were shown at international exhibitions outside Japan like the Print Biennales in Lugano, Switzerland or Ljubljana. International museums like the MOMA (Museum of Modern Art) in New York, The Boston Museum of Fine Arts or the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris began to collect his prints. With an official invitation by the Rockefeller Foundation and the American Japan Society Sekino came to the United States in 1958 for the first time, travelling to New York where he taught at Pratt Institute. From then on follows a long list of international exhibitions, prizes and frequent travels in Northern and Southern America and in Europe. The journey of 1958 was not his last trip to the United States. In 1963 Sekino taught printmaking at Oregon State University. After his return to Japan he taught at Kobe University in 1965.
Sekino's imagery covered an incredible range of techniques and styles. Among his prints one can find everything from realistic and figurative to abstract compositions, from black and white, from subdued colors to even brilliant and expressive, colorful designs. Sekino used traditional Japanese and Western printmaking methods - woodblock (Japanese), lithography and etching (Western). Sometimes he took advantage of mixed techniques of overprinting.
For his last and most famous print series, the "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido" and his outstanding achievements in the Japanese arts, he received the Ministry of Education Award in 1975. Several more honors followed until 1988. Jun’ichiro Sekino died on January 10, 1988 in Japan.

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