Imao Keinen
Imao Keinen (今尾 景年,
Biography
He received a comprehensive education in various Japanese art styles from the age of 12. In 1880 he received a professorship at the Kyoto School of Painting. Following the publication of the Keinen Kachō Gafu album in 1892, he became a member of the Art Committee of the imperial court and in 1919 a member of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts.[1]
The Keinen Kachō Gafu (景年花鳥畫譜), published in 1892, is an album with an extensive series of bird-and-flower (
His works are part of many museum collections throughout the world.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ a b c "Imao Keinen". ku.edu. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ^ "Fuji Arts Japanese Prints - Imao Keinen (1845 - 1924) and his Four Seasons (Keinen Kacho Gafu)". fujiarts.com. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ^ "Imao Keinen - Two Birds and Crysanthemums, from Keinen kachō gafu (Keinen's Flower-and-Bird Painting Manual) - Japan - The Met". metmuseum.org. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ^ "Imao Keinen - Rijksmuseum". rijksmuseum.nl. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ^ "Keinen, Imao - The Art Institute of Chicago". artic.edu. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
Further reading
- Louise Norton Brown, Book Illustration in Japan (New York: Routledge, 1924), 198–201.
- Jack Hillier, The Art of the Japanese Book, vol. 2 (London: Sotheby's, 1987), 800, 969.
- Helen Merritt and Nanako Yamada, Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975 (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1992), 41.
External links
Media related to Imao Keinen at Wikimedia Commons
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