Osamu Sugiyama      Mountain Images

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Osamu Sugiyama was born in Tokyo. He had studied at the Toshida Hanga Academy under Toshi Yoshida. The artist had several solo exhibitions in Tokyo over the last years. He was selected for the 50th anniversary exhibition of the prestigious CWAJ print shows at the American club in Tokyo in October of 2005. His prints are in the collection of the US Library of Congress in Washington D.C.
Catalog Osamu Sugiyama

Hisashi Yamamoto      Who is this artist?

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In March of 2006 we had received a consignment from Japan of 5 prints with kabuki actor subjects by Hisashi Yamamoto. In the meantime these stunning woodblock images have caused the attention of scholars in the field of Japanese prints. We were asked for help to identify this artist. The prints were made around 1980/1985.

Who has any information about this artist or this print series? Please e-mail us.
Catalog Hisashi Yamamoto

Tadashi Osaka      Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Mediterranean

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Tadashi Osaka was born in 1937 in Osaka prefecture. He had studied under Fumio Kitaoka and Waichi Hayashi. Tadashi Osaka creates elaborate woodblock prints with town and village views and landscapes scenes from Mediterranean countries like Portugal and Spain and of Japan, of course. The artist has contributed to the prestigious annual CWAJ shows for the 4th time where he caused wide attention among visitors and artist colleagues.
Catalog Tadashi Osaka

Ryusei Okamoto      Master Student of Toshi Yoshida

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".. Mr. Yoshimi Okamoto is unique, a fact which I would like the world to know." (Toshi Yoshida about Ryusei Okamoto, formerly known as Yoshimi Okamoto).
Catalog Ryusei Okamoto

Tom Kristensen      Australian Printmaker

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Tom Kristensen, born 1962, is a passionate print collector and printmaker from Australia who works in Japanese sosaku hanga style: self-carved and self-printed with natural Japanese pigments on hand-made washi paper. In 2004 Tom Kristensen has begun to work on a series 36 Views of Green Island followed by a series called kaiju manga.
Catalog Tom Kristensen

Hao Ping II      Small Formats

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Hao Ping, born 1952, is one of the leading, classical Chinese printmakers. His woodblocks are symphonies in color and composition. Hao Ping prints them with very thick oil-based inks. His smaller format prints with image sizes of ca. 15 by 15 inches (38 x 38 cms) are ideal for a first contact with modern Chinese prints. The pliable paper and the medium size allow safe shipping in a tube for reasonable prices. This page contains a collection of these small/medium format paper works by Hao Ping. Hao Ping's prints achieve record prices in China at Guardian Auction House in Gangzhou. Prices for his paper works might take a similar development like silkscreens by Andy Warhol bought in the 1970s.
Catalog Hao Ping II

Cheng Minsheng      Huxian Farmers' Painter

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Cheng Minsheng, was born in a small village in Huxian county in Shanxi province in 1943. He is a member of both Shanxi Artist Association and Shanxi Farmers' Painting Association. He began to create paintings in the early 1960s under the guidance of the founders of Huxian farmers' paintings, Ding Jitang and Liu Qunhan. His paintings were shown in Japan, the United States, Canada, Australia, in Great Britain, France, Sweden and other countries with a world tour of an exhibition of Huxian Farmers' Paintings.
Catalog Cheng Minsheng

Shen Yingxia      Huxian Farmers' Painter

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Shen Yingxia, born in 1961, is the daughter of a famous peasant painter, Li Fenglan. She is currently managing director of Shanxi Association of Farmers Painting and member of the standing committee of the Artistic Committee of Paper-cutting.
Catalog Shen Yingxia

Li Chuanmin      Huxian Farmers' Painter

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Li Chuanming was born in Huxian County in 1970. He has enjoyed painting since he was a young child. After being stricken with a disability in 1992 he started painting in 2000. Li Chuanmin created figures that were more lifelike than traditional forms of farmers' paintings. His work 'Fish Pond' was awarded with the third prize at an exhibition in Huxian. The works 'Golden Fall', 'Gazing Ducks' and others were published in 'Hu County in China'.
Catalog Li Chuanmin

Cao Quantang      Huxian Farmers' Painter

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Cao Quantang was born in Qindu Town in Huxian county in 1957. He started to paint at the age of fifteen. Currently Cao Quantang is the director of the Huxian Peasant Painting Association, and a member of the Shanxi Artist Association. His art works have been presented in provincial or national art exhibitions in China, but have also been shown abroad. Several of his works are in Chinese museums.
Catalog Cao Quantang