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*''Born: [[1864]]/11/22''
*''Died: 1942/8/23''
*''Other Names'': 竹内恒吉 ''(Takeuchi Tsunekichi)''
*''Japanese'': 竹内栖鳳 ''(Takeuchi Seihou)''
Takeuchi Seihô was a prominent Kyoto [[Nihonga]] painter, perhaps most famous for his monochrome ink landscapes incorporating the realism of Western oil painting; however, Seihô was a prolific artist with a varied oeuvre, including not only ink landscapes with Western realism, but also full-color ''[[bijinga]]'' in a neo-''[[ukiyo-e]]'' mode, ceramics, bronze sculpture, paintings on ''[[kimono]]'', among other modes and subjects.
He taught students in his private studio for roughly forty years, and taught at the [[Kyoto Municipal School of Arts and Crafts]] for roughly thirty; his students included [[Tsuchida Bakusen]], [[Uemura Shoen|Uemura Shôen]], and [[Nishiyama Suisho|Nishiyama Suishô]], who would each go on to become prominent Nihonga painters in their own right.
==Biography==
He was born Takeuchi Tsunekichi and raised in Kyoto, taking on the [[art-name]] Seihô later in life.
Seihô studied under [[Kono Bairei|Kôno Bairei]], before leaving on his first and only trip to Europe in [[1900]]-[[1901]]. While in Europe, he tried his hand at [[yoga|oil painting]], and developed a fondness in particular for the works of JMW Turner and Barbizon school painter Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot.
After his return, he produced a number of ''[[byobu|byôbu]]'' (folding screen) paintings aimed at commercial sale, in order to help fund the purchase of instructional materials for his teaching practice.
Though his works vary greatly, in many of his works, he is said to have "liked to work with a limited palate [sic] of subtle gradation and relied upon the tactile quality of the picture plane to animate the surface and enliven the scene."<ref name=conant72>Conant. p72.</ref> Combining the brushwork style of the [[Maruyama school|Maruyama]]-[[Shijo school|Shijô school]]s of traditional ink painting with elements of Western painting methods, he created his own distinct style for painting landscapes and other subjects.
He built a house near the temple of [[Kodai-ji|Kôdai-ji]] in Kyoto's [[Higashiyama]] district in 1929.
Always quite prominent and active in the Kyoto art world, Seihô regularly served as a jury member for the [[Bunten]] from its establishment in [[1907]] onwards, and earned numerous awards for his own works at various exhibitions. He was named an [[Imperial Household Artist]]<!--帝室技芸員--> in 1914, and was commissioned by the Imperial Household Agency to produce a pair of screens commemorating the coronation of the Taishô Emperor.
Seihô received high praise from [[Kaburaki Kiyotaka]], a prominent Tokyo painter in his own right; Kiyotaka is quoted as saying "In today's painting world, if we were to find a ''meijin'' (master artist), it can be no one but Seihô. ... There is a good chance that Seihô is the very last ''meijin''."<ref name=conant72/>
In 1937, Seihô became, along with [[Yokoyama Taikan]], one of the first two Nihonga artists to be awarded the Order of Cultural Merit. He died five years later.
==References==
*Conant, Ellen. "Cut from Kyoto Cloth: Takeuchi Seihô and his Artistic Milieu." ''Impressions'' 33 (2012). pp71-93.
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%AB%B9%E5%86%85%E6%A0%96%E9%B3%B3 Takeuchi Seihô]." ''Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten'' デジタル版 日本人名大辞典. Kodansha, 2009.
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[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
*''Died: 1942/8/23''
*''Other Names'': 竹内恒吉 ''(Takeuchi Tsunekichi)''
*''Japanese'': 竹内栖鳳 ''(Takeuchi Seihou)''
Takeuchi Seihô was a prominent Kyoto [[Nihonga]] painter, perhaps most famous for his monochrome ink landscapes incorporating the realism of Western oil painting; however, Seihô was a prolific artist with a varied oeuvre, including not only ink landscapes with Western realism, but also full-color ''[[bijinga]]'' in a neo-''[[ukiyo-e]]'' mode, ceramics, bronze sculpture, paintings on ''[[kimono]]'', among other modes and subjects.
He taught students in his private studio for roughly forty years, and taught at the [[Kyoto Municipal School of Arts and Crafts]] for roughly thirty; his students included [[Tsuchida Bakusen]], [[Uemura Shoen|Uemura Shôen]], and [[Nishiyama Suisho|Nishiyama Suishô]], who would each go on to become prominent Nihonga painters in their own right.
==Biography==
He was born Takeuchi Tsunekichi and raised in Kyoto, taking on the [[art-name]] Seihô later in life.
Seihô studied under [[Kono Bairei|Kôno Bairei]], before leaving on his first and only trip to Europe in [[1900]]-[[1901]]. While in Europe, he tried his hand at [[yoga|oil painting]], and developed a fondness in particular for the works of JMW Turner and Barbizon school painter Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot.
After his return, he produced a number of ''[[byobu|byôbu]]'' (folding screen) paintings aimed at commercial sale, in order to help fund the purchase of instructional materials for his teaching practice.
Though his works vary greatly, in many of his works, he is said to have "liked to work with a limited palate [sic] of subtle gradation and relied upon the tactile quality of the picture plane to animate the surface and enliven the scene."<ref name=conant72>Conant. p72.</ref> Combining the brushwork style of the [[Maruyama school|Maruyama]]-[[Shijo school|Shijô school]]s of traditional ink painting with elements of Western painting methods, he created his own distinct style for painting landscapes and other subjects.
He built a house near the temple of [[Kodai-ji|Kôdai-ji]] in Kyoto's [[Higashiyama]] district in 1929.
Always quite prominent and active in the Kyoto art world, Seihô regularly served as a jury member for the [[Bunten]] from its establishment in [[1907]] onwards, and earned numerous awards for his own works at various exhibitions. He was named an [[Imperial Household Artist]]<!--帝室技芸員--> in 1914, and was commissioned by the Imperial Household Agency to produce a pair of screens commemorating the coronation of the Taishô Emperor.
Seihô received high praise from [[Kaburaki Kiyotaka]], a prominent Tokyo painter in his own right; Kiyotaka is quoted as saying "In today's painting world, if we were to find a ''meijin'' (master artist), it can be no one but Seihô. ... There is a good chance that Seihô is the very last ''meijin''."<ref name=conant72/>
In 1937, Seihô became, along with [[Yokoyama Taikan]], one of the first two Nihonga artists to be awarded the Order of Cultural Merit. He died five years later.
==References==
*Conant, Ellen. "Cut from Kyoto Cloth: Takeuchi Seihô and his Artistic Milieu." ''Impressions'' 33 (2012). pp71-93.
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%AB%B9%E5%86%85%E6%A0%96%E9%B3%B3 Takeuchi Seihô]." ''Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten'' デジタル版 日本人名大辞典. Kodansha, 2009.
<references/>
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]