David PRENTICE  -  born 1943      American In Japan

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David Prentice was born in Hartford, Connecticut on December 22, 1943. He is an American artist who is working in Japan and does mostly oil-paintings. From 1962 to 1964 he studied at the Hartford Art School.
Catalog David Prentice born 1943 - artelino

David STONES  -  born 1945      Hanga Artist from Japan

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David Stones lives in Japan since 1971. With the guidance of the famous printmaker Tomikichiro Tokuriki he learned traditional Japanese printmaking. Since then David Stones developed his own unique style of woodblock art.
Catalog David Stones born 1945 - artelino

Ding LISONG  -  born 1938      Traditional Chinese Woodblock Prints

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Mr. Ding Lisong is both a traditional and a modern Chinese printmaker. His technique - water-soluble inks - is the traditional Chinese method of making a woodblock print. And the selection of his subjects and the way how Mr. Din Lisong brings them on paper, are modern and traditional at the same time. His prints show the quiet beauty of Chinese landscapes. The artist is director of Qidong Print Institute.His works are in the Chinese National gallery, the National Library in Paris, Fukuoka Gallery of Japan and others.
Catalog Ding Lisong born 1938 - artelino

Donald BAECHLER  -  born 1956      International Top Artist

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Donald Baechler was born in Hartford, Connecticut. He lives and works in New York. From 1974 to 1977 he studied at the Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore and afterwards one year at the art academy "Staedelschule" in Frankfurt/Germany. Donald Baechler is an internationally recognized top artist and his works are in the permanent collections of such renowned museums like the Whitney, the MOMA and the Guggenheim in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Catalog Donald Baechler born 1956 - artelino

Dong JINFENG  -  born 1966      Yunnan School

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Dong Jinfeng was born in 1966 in Yuxi of Yunnan Province. In 1987 he graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Yunnan Arts University. His preferred technique is the reduction woodblock print and his favorite subjects are Yunnan ethnic groups in surrealistic style. His print works have been exhibited at many important national and provincial exhibitions of China and have obtained several prizes and have been collected by several Chinese museums.
Catalog Dong Jinfeng born 1966 - artelino

Doshun MORI  -  1909-1985      Sosaku Hanga

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Doshun Mori was born in Takayama in Gifu prefecture. He had studied with Koshiro Onchi, the great mentor and artist of the sosaku hanga movement. Doshun Mori worked as a successful painter and printmaker with contributions to the official government-sponsored shows like Bunten. Main subjects of his prints were depictions of Japanese festivals and folk customs.
Catalog Doshun Mori 1909-1985 - artelino

Du HONGNIAN  -  1928-1998      From the Mao Zedong Era.

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Hongnian Du is an artist of the era of Mao Zedong. He had joined the People' Liberation Army (PLA) in Nanjing in 1950. In 1956 Hongnian Du learned oil painting in Shanghai Youth Art Study Class. In 1958 Hongnian retired from the PLA and was sent to Heilongjiang province, at that time a huge development project to turn the wastelands into an agricultural area. In 1962 Hongnian Du became a member of the Artists' Association of Heilongjiang province. His works have been shown and awarded at national Chinese art exhibitions. During his lifetime his prints and paintings have been shown in Albania. Art works by Hongnian Du are in the collections of the National Art Museum of China.
Catalog Du Hongnian 1928-1998 - artelino

Eiho HIREZAKI  -  1881-1968      Illustrations and Kuchi-e.

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Eiho Hirezaki was born in Tokyo and had studied Japanese painting and ukiyo-e printmaking. He worked as an illustrator for kuchi-e and for newspapers. Together with Kiyokata Kaburagi he had founded the artist association Ugokai. The favorite subjects of Eiho Hirezaki were Sumo Wrestlers.
Catalog Eiho Hirezaki 1881-1968 - artelino

Eiichi KOTOZUKA  -  1906-1979      Kyoto Artist

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Eiichi Kotozuka was born in Osaka and studied at Kyoto City Specialist School of Painting. He made several series with famous landmarks in the Kyoto area and flower prints. Publishers were Unsodo and Uchida from Kyoto. In 1948 he was among the founders of Koryokusha company with Tomikichiro Tokuriki, Kamei Tobei and Takahashi Tasaburo. Koryokusha was founded to support Sosaku Hanga prints with money earned by the Shin Hanga print activities of Tokuriki Tomikichiro.
Catalog Eiichi Kotozuka 1906-1979 - artelino

Eiichi SHIBUYA  -  born 1928      

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Eiichi Shibuya works mainly in etching. His typical edition size is around 50 to 100. The artist is a member of Japan Print Association.
Catalog Eiichi Shibuya born 1928 - artelino