Shimotakahara, Nobuteru (1932 - 2006 )
A Japan Art Association member from 1959 and International Association of Art member from 1964, Nobuteru Shimotakahara was a celebrated printmaker. He was a member of several additional art associations and the recipient of prestigious awards such as the Sozo and Kodo Arts awards. He held several independent exhibitions in Japan between 1956 and 1964 before moving to New York and actively exhibiting from 1965 to 1975. Shimotakahara passed away in New York in June 2006.
Sosaku Hanga | Post-WWII Japanese Prints
The Sosaku Hanga or “creative print” movement emerged in the changing Japan of the early 20th century. The movement arose from a central tenant: the artist must participate in every aspect of production. As artists shed the traditional delegation of ukiyo-e production and explored each role themselves, the act of printmaking adopted a more spontaneous, expressive attitude. Artists explored with the knife, chisel, woodblock, and ink to push to the boundaries of their medium. Originally excluded from Japan’s formal art world, Sosaku Hanga began on the pages of magazines. It was not until 1919 that the first Sosaku Hanga exhibition opened in Tokyo. Ranging from figural to abstract, the movement flourished after WWII, and found a new, eager audience among American GIs. In this collection, Ronin Gallery presents masters of Sosaku Hanga such as Onchi, Ono, Munakata, Saito, Sekino, and Mori, as well as other post-war Japanese printmakers.
16 Products
Shimotakahara, Nobuteru
Composition of Time and Space (C-103)
JPR-210908
Shimotakahara, Nobuteru
Composition of Time and Space (G-102)
JPR-210889
Shimotakahara, Nobuteru
Composition of Time and Space (A-101)
JPR-210887
Shimotakahara, Nobuteru
Composition of Time and Space (B-103)
JPR-210850
Shimotakahara, Nobuteru
Composition of Time and Space (C-101)
JPR-210849
Shimotakahara, Nobuteru
Composition of Time and Space (C-102)
JPR-210848
Shimotakahara, Nobuteru
Composition of Time and Space (A-102)
JPR-210839
Shimotakahara, Nobuteru
Composition of Time and Space (Z-101)
JPR-210837
Shimotakahara, Nobuteru
Composition of Time and Space (Z-104)
JPR-210836
Shimotakahara, Nobuteru
Composition of Time and Space (Z-102)
JPR-210835
Shimotakahara, Nobuteru
Composition of Time and Space (AP-G)
JPR-210834
Shimotakahara, Nobuteru
Composition of Time and Space (B-102)
JPR-210830