Takeuchi Seiho: A Destructive and Creative Force
Takeuchi Seiho: A Destructive and Creative Force
232 pp.
Seigensha, 2023
9784861529313
Takeuchi Seiho was the most influential painter in modern Japanese painting. During the Meiji period, Seiho aimed for the innovation in the world of painting and traveled to the West, seeking for new expressions of Japanese painting which transcends old traditions. In the Taisho and Showa periods, when his skills have reached maturity, Seiho was known to train many of his pupils while playing an active part in the frontlines of art as an influential figure. While emphasizing on the importance of “sketching,” Seiho produced vivid works by his outstanding brushworks and created the foundation of modern Japanese painting in Kyoto by his overwhelming force of leadership. Nowadays, Seiho is widely known as a masterly painter, however, in his road to success, vast amounts of energy were needed in order to create a new horizon by destroying old norms.
232 pp.
Seigensha, 2023
9784861529313
Takeuchi Seiho was the most influential painter in modern Japanese painting. During the Meiji period, Seiho aimed for the innovation in the world of painting and traveled to the West, seeking for new expressions of Japanese painting which transcends old traditions. In the Taisho and Showa periods, when his skills have reached maturity, Seiho was known to train many of his pupils while playing an active part in the frontlines of art as an influential figure. While emphasizing on the importance of “sketching,” Seiho produced vivid works by his outstanding brushworks and created the foundation of modern Japanese painting in Kyoto by his overwhelming force of leadership. Nowadays, Seiho is widely known as a masterly painter, however, in his road to success, vast amounts of energy were needed in order to create a new horizon by destroying old norms.