string(68) "https://floatingworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/270339_01.n.jpg"
string(29) "Portrait of the artist's wife"
string(16) "Katsuko in a Hat"
string(51) "https://floatingworld.com/product/katsuko-in-a-hat/"

Floating World Gallery | Katsuko in a Hat

Katsuko in a Hat

Sekino, Jun'ichiro, 1914-1988

Katsuko in a Hat

Artist : Sekino, Jun'ichiro, 1914-1988
Date : 1940
Medium : oil on canvas
Item# : 270339
Condition : Painting has been relined by an expert conservator to strengthen the verso of canvas
Image size : 25 1/2 x 20 7/8 inches
Comments : Portrait of the artist's wife
Price : $10,000

About The Artist

Sekino, Jun'ichiro, 1914-1988

Born in Aomori. From boyhood knew Munakata Shiko as a charismatic painter a few years his senior. Sekino made woodblock prints with friends while still in middle school. Studied etching in Aomori with Kon Junzo. Contributed to Chokokuto in 1932, Shin hanga in 1935. Exhibited with Nihon Hanga Kyokai from 1932. Moved to Tokyo in 1939 after winning a 1936 Teiten prize for an etching. Studied etching at Etching Institute of Nishida Takeo and oil painting and drawing at a private painting scho.....

Learn More