{"id":15489,"date":"2011-11-26T20:13:49","date_gmt":"2011-11-27T03:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/?p=15489"},"modified":"2011-11-29T08:03:11","modified_gmt":"2011-11-29T15:03:11","slug":"foujita-and-inokuma-genichiro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/2011\/11\/26\/foujita-and-inokuma-genichiro\/","title":{"rendered":"Foujita and Inokuma Genichiro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Foujita<\/a> by Berenice Abbott<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Foujita was born on November 27, 1886<\/p>\n

See photos and paintings of Foujita here.<\/a> (Courtesy of Mario A <\/a>who has a great Foujita album on FB ). <\/p>\n

Taking a studio in Montparnasse, he met artists such as Modigliani and is said to have studied dance with Isadora Duncan. His paintings, which initially sold well, drew comment for the milk white color of the skin of the women he portrayed.
\nAfter a stint working and traveling in South America, Foujita returned to Japan in the 1930s, where he produced propaganda art for the military. He eventually returned to France, where he converted to Catholicism and died in 1968. (via<\/a>) <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Foujita \"\"<\/a> by Andre Kertesz <\/a><\/p>\n

(one more by Andre K..Foujita on the phone) <\/a><\/p>\n

Foujita’s complicated life – Dressing Up for Success (Ian Buruma<\/a>) <\/p>\n

His most famous war painting here. <\/a><\/p>\n

Inokuma Genichiro<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guen I.\"\"<\/a>
\nGuen (this is how he signed his art) came to live in Honolulu in the mid 70’s after he suffered a stroke in NYC. He lived in Japan in the Summer and the Winter in Honolulu. Guen became a mentor to my sister Fung-Ching Kelling <\/a>during his stays in Honolulu. <\/p>\n

In My Resume (youtube only in Japanese<\/a>)<\/p>\n

.. Inokuma and Foujita shared a house when they escaped wartime Paris. He talked about<\/a> how Foujita bought the train tickets at the train station (today Musee d`Orsay) and that he only took a Matisse painting and left everything else in Paris. They stayed in the countryside more than month living in the same house.
\nHe showed us a special spot that Isamu Noguchi loved on the island of Oahu and showed us the beauty of natural rocks.
\nIn NY Guen Inokuma (sensei) and his wife Fumiko took my sister and I to Mark Rothko’s apartment and told us what he knew of Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. Yoko Ono and Isamu Noguchi were his good friends. <\/p>\n

His museum <\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Painting \"\"<\/a> (via artnet)
\nTitle :\t \tCity Composition (3)
\nMedium :\t \tOil on Canvas
\nSize :\t \t30 x 40 in. \/ 76.2 x 101.6 cm.
\nYear :\t \t1966 –
\nContemporary Japanese Art from the Collection of B.H. Rockefeller<\/p>\n

The museum catalog listed a painting called “Wall Street” by Genichiro Inokuma exhibited at San Francisco Museum of Art. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Foujita by Berenice Abbott Foujita was born on November 27, 1886 See photos and paintings of Foujita here. (Courtesy of Mario A who has a great Foujita album on FB ). Taking a studio in Montparnasse, he met artists such as Modigliani and is said to have studied dance with Isadora Duncan. His paintings, which … <\/p>\n

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