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Domoto Insho (1891-1975) - Summer lilies browse these categories for related items... All Items: Vintage Arts:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Enamel: Pre 1970: item # 909294
zen-zen0 76-16 Tenno-cho, Okazaki, Sakkyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8335 075-771-9190 $1900 |
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| A magnificent framed enamel plate by the eclectic nihonga artist Domoto Insho. His diverse talents and drive for reinvention led him into many different phases as an artist; this enamel work dates to the 1960's when he was pursuing abstract expressionism. Two lilies, one in bloom the other closed are set against a gorgeous ground of iridescent blues and purples. Black tendrils weave their way through the work much as they do in many of his paintings of the period The concave enamel plate is immediately framed with a rich silk brocade then further bordered by a hand carved and painted wooden fillet. The outer box frame is set apart with a green felt. It is likely that either the master or a direct assistant created the frame. The frame measures 15 by 20 inches (38.5 by 45 cm) and is 2.5 '' or 6 cm thick. The enamel plate measures 6.5 by 9 inches (16.5 by 23.5 cm). The enamel is in perfect condition. Domoto Insho (1891-1975) was a graduate of the Kyoto City School of Arts and Crafts and later the Kyoto Municipal Special School of Painting. His most influential nihonga teacher was Nishiyama Suisho. He had great early success exhibiting at the national Teiten. This success lead to an enormous number of commissions to paint the ceilings and fusuma doors of Buddhist temples in the Kansai region, eventually completing over 600 such projects. He is a member of the Imperial Art Academy and received the Order of Cultural Merit. He established the Domoto Museum of Fine Arts in 1966. | |||||||||||
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