The particular form
of nihonga practiced by Motonaga is known as tarashikomi, a type of painting that drops or pours succeeding layers of paint, without mixing them, over preceding layers before they dry.
(She also links the birth of the Mungnimhoe style to a traumatic period of Korean history, noting that the Ink Forest painters grew up under Japanese occupation and that for them «ink painting was an opportunity through which to free the mark from what its members saw as the obligations imposed on it via the dominance
of nihonga, the body of paintings made according to traditional Japanese artistic conventions.»)
Not exact matches
Born in Matsumoto, Japan, in 1929, the artist studied the traditional painting technique
nihonga at the Kyoto Municipal School
of Arts in 1948.
Yuka Kashihara uses oil paint applied in a thinly diffuse manner similar to that
of Japanese
nihonga painting, and by applying it in numerous layers she is able to create a unique depth
of color.
Hiroshi Senju's sublime, large - scale paintings
of waterfalls and cliffs are renowned for combining the techniques
of abstract expressionism with Japan's centuries - old
nihonga style
of painting.
Tadaaki Kuwayama graduated from the Tokyo National University
of Fine Arts and Music in 1956, having studied
nihonga, a traditional form
of Japanese painting.
The artist's long - standing interest in Japanese
nihonga painting and the contemporary practices
of manga and animation are highlighted in this important body
of work.
In fact, unlike Murakami, Aida and Nara, who cite manga and
nihonga painting as references in their work, Gokita tells me it was a generation
of New York Neo-Expressionists, then centered around Mary Boone Gallery, who had made the biggest impression on him during his student days at art college.
Raised in Matsumoto, Kusama trained at the Kyoto School
of Arts and Crafts in a traditional Japanese painting style called
nihonga.