TAMIJI KITAGAWA ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLOR LOT (1894 -1989) japanese artist of the mexican renaissance Start Price USD 3,500.00 Current Price USD 3,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, August 28, 2008 End Time Sunday, September 07, 2008 Location Roma, RM See more about 'TAMIJI KITAGAWA ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLOR LOT ' Description UP FOR AUCTION IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A PIECE OF THE WORLD'S ARTISTIC HISTORY OF CULTURAL EXCHANGES BETWEEN DIFFERENT CULTURES. THESE THREE REALLY INTERESTING DRAWINGS WERE MADE BY THE FAMOUS JAPANESE MODERN ARTIST TAMIJI KITAGAWA ( 1894-1989 ) PLUS ANOTHER FROM ANOTHER ARTIST. THEY ARE COLLECTED AND FRAMED ALL TOGETHER IN THE SAME FRAME . THE FIRST DRAWING UPPER IN THE FRAME REPRESENTS AN OX AND WHAT REMINDS ME IS THE CHINESE PRIMORDIAL WAY OF WRITING THE KANJI CHARACTERS,BECAUSE THE BRUSH STROKES ARE SIMPLIFYIED TO RENDER FIRST OF ALL THE LONG HORNS WHILE THE BODY IS EXTREMELY SIMPLIFIED.( IT IS SIGNED BY ANOTHER ARTIST ) THE SECOND ONE REPRESENTS A SLEEPING CHILD.I SAW MANY DRAWINGS BY TAMIJI , BUT THIS DIFFERS FROM THOSE . THE CHILD IS MORE OCCIDENTAL IN HIS EXPRESSIONS ,SEEMS MUCH MORE LIKE THE TSUGUHARU FOUJITA STYLE ( IS IT SIGNED BY TAMIJI KITAGAWA ) THE THIRD IS A WATERCOLOR OF A MEXICAN FARMER WITH HIS LARGE SOMBRERO LAYING THE TABLE ,IS IT REALLY SIMPLY WONDERFULLY RENDERED WITH ONLY FEW BRUSH STROKES .( IS IT SIGNED BY TAMIJI KITAGAWA ) THE FOURTH REPRESENTS WHAT I THINK TO BE A COUPLE ,THEY ARE SO NEAR AND LINKED TOGETHER THAT SEEMS THEY WANT TO TAKE COURAGE BY EACH OTHER .THERE'S A LONG HAIRED WOMAN AND THE MAN IS WEARING AN ANIMAL'S FUR ON HIS HEAD.THE SHORT CLOSED HANDS AND THE EXPRESSION OF THE FACES REVEAL THAT THEY ARE AFRAID OF SOMETHING .THIS DRAWING IS MY FAVOURITE AMONG THE ENTIRE RANDOM COMPOSITION .THE SUFFERS OF THE MEXICAN PEOPLE OF THAT TIME WAS IN THIS DRAWING PERFECTLY REPRESENTED BY THIS SIMPLE COMPOSITION.( IS IT SIGNED BY TAMIJI KITAGAWA WITH THE DATE 1936) CHECK THE CHRISTIE'S PAST AUCTION ( NEW YORK Tuesday 16 october 1990 - Japanese  Modern and Contemporary Prints , Paintings , Ceramics) OF A PAINTING CALLED " WOMEN WASHING BY A STREAM " FOR A VERY SIMILAR FIGURE. MEASURES OF EACH DRAWING ARE 7,5 x7,5 inches or ( 19 x 19 cm. ).   BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ARTIST:Tamiji Kitagawa is a Japanese painter born in Shizuoka, he took part in the movement of the twenties and thirties known as the "Mexican Renaissance". He studied art in the "Students league" in New York then moved to Mexico City in 1921. He was a pupil of the Open Air School of Painting -the teaching project promoted by the painter Alfredo Ramos Martínez -inspired by "Plein air" landscape painting, which recovered the expressiveness of color and gave new value to childlike spontaneity in plastic treatment. Kitagawa assimilated and adopted the pictorial methods of the schools of Tlalpan and Taxco, the last of which he founded and directed until he returned to his homeland in 1936. In Japan, he introduced the Mexican style of depicting landscape and people, as the same time enriching it with local traditions such as the Ukiyoe. This brought him prestige and recognition as a Japanese painter. In the fifties he returned to Mexico briefly and came under new influences, mainly from the artist Rufino Tamayo whose work he admired, studied and incorporated into his unique Mexican-Japanese style. HIS WORKS ARE EXHIBITED IN IMPORTANT MUSEUM COLLECTIONS LIKE : Smithsonian American Art Museum ( SAAM ) The National Museum of Modern Art ( MOMAT ) of Tokyo Fukuyama Museum of art Nagoya City Art Museum The Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum Mie Prefectural Art museum Koriyama City Museum of Art CHECK THE CHRISTIE'S SITE  TO SEE  REALIZED PRICES IN PAST AUCTIONS OF THE 90'S. IMPORTANT NOTE : I HAVE MANY YEARS OF KNOWLEDGE ON ASIAN ART , AND , AS I'M 100% SURE THAT THESE DRAWINGS ARE ORIGINAL BY THE ARTIST I CAN MAKE A FULL REFUND IF AFTER RECEIVING THEM THE WINNING BIDDER OR AN EXPERT FOR HIM/HER WILL SAW THE CONTRARY. BID WITH CONFIDENCE !! Place a Bid!