| 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 was originally trained in the [[Shijo school|Shijô school]] style of painting. 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. | + | 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. |
− | *Gallery labels, "Autumn Maple," LACMA, M.2002.5. | + | *Gallery label, "Autumn Maple," LACMA, M.2002.5. |