Cool Breeze in the Riverside Village
Date1922
Maker
Takeuchi Seiho
Japanese, 1864 - 1942
Label Text"Takeuchi Seiho achieved success with Western-influenced innovations of Japanese painting in the modern era. His study of traditional techniques at Shij? school, the experience of art instruction in Europe and dedicated practice of sketching from real life, resulted in excellent perspective and skilled brushwork.
Cool Breeze in the Riverside Village is Seih?'s view of a waterfront district at Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, where he spent ten days during his second trip to China in the 1920s. The artist revealed that when he viewed ordinary elements from a distance-such as houses, people, the simple garments worn everyday-he was stunned by the harmony of human life in nature."
Object number2009.70.9
Photo CreditPhoto by: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum "Journeys in Landscape: Modern Art in Japan", November 26, 2004 - January 30, 2006Published ReferencesCredit LineGift of Griffith and Patricia Way, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensions85 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (217.2 x 44.5 cm)
MediumColor on silk
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