Kaoru Kawano — Girl with Yellow Bird | Shin Hanga Print

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Kaoru Kawano — Girl with Yellow Bird | Shin Hanga PrintKaoru Kawano (19161965) was a Japanese Ssaku hanga printmaker known for his warmly observed, gently lyrical studies of children and everyday life. Working in woodblock, he developed a style of tender informality childlike in the best sense that stands apart from both the formal bijinga tradition and the more abstract tendencies of mid century Ssaku hanga. His prints are beloved for their humanity and directness. Printed as a museum grade gicle on

harlequins

These original cherry blossom compositions are inspired by the Japanese tradition of hanami — the ancient custom of contemplating the transient beauty of sakura blossoms

His wallpaper and textile patterns — Acanthus

and devotional panels to a level of technical and aesthetic refinement unmatched in any other scribal tradition

or folk art

His college poster series — including landmark designs for Princeton

Augustus John (1878–1961) was the most celebrated British portraitist of the first half of the 20th century

silhouette

and formally achieved serenity

His works — musicians

both produced iconic crane compositions in their respective traditions — monumental crane screens in the case of the Hasegawa school

From his Fauvist canvases of St

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