Tsuguharu Foujita.

Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita was a Japanese painter best known for his participation in the bohemian culture during the 1910s in Montparnasse, Paris. Foujita’s strange yet representational paintings often depict himself, cats, and women. He found nearly immediate success in Paris and, despite having no connections beforehand, Foujita was able to sell and live off his art. Born on November 27, 1886 in Tokyo, Japan, he went on to study at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1910. After his move to Paris, Foujita met and became friends with prominent avant-garde artists of the day like Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Amedeo Modigliani, and Chaïm Soutine. Foujita died on January 29, 1968 in Zürich, Switzerland at the age of 81..

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Tsuguhara Foujita "Hadaka No Koddmo" (Naked Child)Original Sumi Ink drawing

Date:C. 1929-1930Frame Size:33” x 25”

Purchased from a special showing in Los Angeles C. 1961 Fine hand-lacquered frame

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