Tateishi Harumi (1908-1994)
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Tateishi Harumi (1908-1994)

Young woman in a Windsor chair

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Tateishi Harumi (1908-1994)
Young woman in a Windsor chair
Posthumously signed and sealed Harumi by the artist's son
Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk
55 3/8 x 20 1/8in. (140.5 x 51.2cm.)
With wood storage box titled and authenticated by Tateishi Hideharu, the artist's son
Provenance
Hosokawa Rikizo Collection
Meguro Gajoen Museum of Art, Tokyo
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

Harumi was born in Saga Prefecture. After moving to Tokyo in 1927 at the age of 19 he first studied Western-style oil painting (yoga) with Kajiwara Kango (1887-1958). Subsequently he entered the atelier of the Nihonga, or Japanese-style painter Ito Shinsui (1898-1972). In 1931, his painting "Shukujo (Elegant ladies)" (sold in these Rooms, 22 September, 2005, lot 201) was accepted for the 12th Teiten and won a prize. He is considered to be one of the major figure painters of his time and specialized in the genre of bijinga, or "beauty" painting.

In 1950, Harumi became a founding member of Jitsugetsusha with Ito Shinsui. He eventually became an administrator for this group. In 1954, he changed his name to Haruyoshi and exhibited under the name "Haruyoshi" in a one-man show at Nihonbashi Takashimaya Department Store Gallery in 1955. From 1963 he served as a juror for the Nitten. He also often wrote the reviews for Nitten catalogues. Harumi exhibited continuously in all the major government-sponsored exhibitions (Teiten, Shin Bunten, Nitten, Hoshukuten and so on) throughout his career and won awards.

In 1993, the Saga prefectural government established a memorial museum for Harumi. He died in Atami (Shizuoka Prefecture) in 1994. His eldest son, Tateishi Hideharu, who is also a Nihonga artist, lives in Yugawara (near Atami).

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