拍品專文
Born in Tokyo Yuki Somei studied with Kawabata Gyokusho (1842-1913) and graduated from the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1897. He painted Western-style oils for a brief period at the beginning of his career and, while still a student, exhibited with the artists' cultural group, Nihongakai. His work was included regularly in early Bunten exhibitions and he was honored with many awards.
Yuki helped to establish the Museikai artists' society in 1900 with the painter and poet Hirafuku Hyakusui (1877-1933) and other former students of Kawabata Gyokusho. This group was devoted to naturalism and did not adhere to the romanticism practiced by its rival organization, the Nihon Bijutsuin (Inten) of Okakura Tenshin (1862-1913). In 1917 Yuki organized the Kinreisha group, and following its inception in 1919 he frequently served as a Teiten exhibition judge. He lived in Europe from 1923-25 and then returned to Japan to teach at his alma mater. A painter of Japanese subjects in traditional style, Western influences may be seen in the work of this artist.
Yuki helped to establish the Museikai artists' society in 1900 with the painter and poet Hirafuku Hyakusui (1877-1933) and other former students of Kawabata Gyokusho. This group was devoted to naturalism and did not adhere to the romanticism practiced by its rival organization, the Nihon Bijutsuin (Inten) of Okakura Tenshin (1862-1913). In 1917 Yuki organized the Kinreisha group, and following its inception in 1919 he frequently served as a Teiten exhibition judge. He lived in Europe from 1923-25 and then returned to Japan to teach at his alma mater. A painter of Japanese subjects in traditional style, Western influences may be seen in the work of this artist.