Category: Japan
  • George Hendrik Breitner’s Japonisme, the “Girls in kimono” series

    Significant figure of the Dutch Impressionist movement, George Hendrik Breitner (1857 – 1923) was a renowned painter celebrated for his depictions of Amsterdam’s city life and genre paintings. Born in Rotterdam in 1857, George Hendrik Breitner enrolled at the Art Academy of The Hague in 1876, where he refined his artistic technique and frequently received…

  • Charlotte Perriand, the Bauhaus and Japanese Minimalism

    During the 20th century, the minimalist design principles of Japan left a significant imprint on modernist architecture, with European figures such as Charlotte Perriand and the Bauhaus art school playing instrumental roles in this transformative influence.

  • Toru Kamiya “Portraits” at imura art gallery

    Kyoto-based artist Toru Kamiya (b. 1969) presents his solo exhibition Portraits, his first with imura art gallery in nine years, following his 2014 show. After completing his MFA in oil painting at Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music (now Tokyo University of the Arts), Kamiya studied at the National College of Art and Design…