Important Zenzo Sakamoto Japanese Artist Original Oil Painting on canvas mounted on panel Signed
Important Zenzo Sakamoto Japanese Artist Original Oil Painting Signed, O/B, 23 1/2 x 28"
Zenzo Sakamoto was born in Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, in 1911. In 1949, he became a member of Dokuritsu bijutsu kyokai (Independent Art Association) and his works were exhibited regularly in Dokuritsu-ten (Independent Art Association exhibitions).Sakamoto visited Europe from 1957 to 1959. Incorporating elements of Japanese culture and climate. He started to use various shades of grey, the colour for which the artist would become known. Muted tones of white, grey and black create a deep and quiet ambience in his works. He was awarded twice at the Dokuritsu-ten in 1965 and 1967.Sakamoto’s works were exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions including Sakamoto Zenzo ten at Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art in 1985 and a retrospective exhibition Zenzo Sakamoto at Nerima Art Museum in Tokyo from 1997-98. About 500 works are housed in Sakamoto Zenzo Museum of Art in Kumamoto today and other works have also entered various museum collections including Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art and Fukuoka Art Museum. For a work titled Solidarity, 1967 in The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, go to: http:/search.artmuseums.go.jp/search_e/records.php?sakuhin=5070
23.5"H x 28"W
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