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Kamisaka Sekka was a late [[Rinpa school]] artist of the [[Meiji period]], known both for his paintings and for his work in [[lacquerware]]s and other decorative art forms. | Kamisaka Sekka was a late [[Rinpa school]] artist of the [[Meiji period]], known both for his paintings and for his work in [[lacquerware]]s and other decorative art forms. | ||
| − | Born into a samurai family, the son of an imperial bodyguard, Kamisaka Sekka | + | Born into a samurai family, the son of an imperial bodyguard, Kamisaka Sekka originally trained in the [[Shijo school|Shijô school]] style of painting from age 16 to 26, before turning to Rinpa.<ref>Gallery label, "Fishermen at Dawn," LACMA, M.2009.102.</ref> He traveled to the Glasgow World's Exposition in [[1910]], where he was exposed to [[Art Nouveau]], and soon after his return to Japan, found a renewed interest in decorative arts & objects, and began working with laquerers, potters, and textile artists. |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | *Gallery | + | *Gallery label, "Autumn Maple," LACMA, M.2002.5. |
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Revision as of 04:10, 27 July 2014
- Born: 1866
- Died: 1942
- Japanese: 神坂雪佳 (Kamisaka Sekka)
Kamisaka Sekka was a late Rinpa school artist of the Meiji period, known both for his paintings and for his work in lacquerwares and other decorative art forms.
Born into a samurai family, the son of an imperial bodyguard, Kamisaka Sekka originally trained in the Shijô school style of painting from age 16 to 26, before turning to Rinpa.[1] He traveled to the Glasgow World's Exposition in 1910, where he was exposed to Art Nouveau, and soon after his return to Japan, found a renewed interest in decorative arts & objects, and began working with laquerers, potters, and textile artists.
References
- Gallery label, "Autumn Maple," LACMA, M.2002.5.
- ↑ Gallery label, "Fishermen at Dawn," LACMA, M.2009.102.
