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Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (藤田 嗣治, Fujita Tsuguharu, November 27, 1886 – January 29, 1968) was a Japanese–French painter. After having studied Western-style painting in Japan, Foujita traveled to Paris, where he encountered the international modern art scene of the Montparnasse neighborhood and developed an eclectic style that ...
- Painting, Printmaking
- Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
- Japanese, French
- School of Paris
Learn about Foujita's life, works, and influences in Paris and Japan. See his paintings, etchings, and rare books on cats at Wikiart.org.
- French, Japanese
- November 27, 1886
- Tokyo, Japan
- January 29, 1968
Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968) A fascinating and inspiring figure, an unclassifiable Franco-Japanese creator, Foujita is one of the most famous artists of the Ecole de Paris, whose work expresses an aesthetic fusion unique in the history of 20th-century art.
Apr 15, 2018 · Back in favour: Japanese master who outshone Picasso in 1920s Paris. Léonard Foujita was the toast of the art world but vanished from view in the 1930s. A new show returns him to the public gaze...
- Agnès Poirier
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Learn about Foujita, one of the finest and most flamboyant Japanese artists of the 20th century, who combined Eastern and Western elements in his paintings. Discover his signature style, his nudes, his cats and his auction records.
View Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita’s 12,336 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. See available works on paper, prints and multiples, and paintings for sale and learn about the artist.
Feb 9, 2017 · Foujita: Ahead of the Curve. By Holly Braine. N ext year, an exhibition of the work of Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita will open in Paris, curated by Sylvie Buisson, the world-renowned Foujita expert and writer of the Catalogue raisonné. The event will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Japanese-French artist's death.
