Hello again. Today I would like to introduce to you one of my favourite watercolour painters. Born in the winter of 1918 in Fukui Prefecture of Japan, Chihiro Iwasaki was a talented artist who began to study her art at the young age of 14. She became an accomplished artist as well as a book and magazine illustrator. I believe there are two museums dedicated to her art - one in the location where her house once stood in Tokyo (Tokyo Chihiro Bijutsukan) and the other in Azumino, Nagano Prefecture (Azumino Chihiro Bijutsukan) where I try to visit each time my family and I journey back to Japan to visit my in-laws.
Chihiro had an amazing ability to capture the beauty and innocence of childhood through sweet simplicity. Here are a few of my favourites:
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Images from top to bottom:
"A girl staring at a moving truck" 1970
"Girl in green wind" 1972
"Baby and tulip"
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"Mermaid Princess" 1967
"The girl drawing" 1970
"Bird on the seashore" 1972
"Muddy boy" 1970
For more information on Chihiro Iwasaki: http://www.chihiro.jp/english/chihiro/index.htm
Images Copyright of Chihiro Art Museum
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