Tsuguharu Foujita
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 borrowed from both Japanese and European artistic traditions.With his unusual fashion and distinctive figurative style, Foujita reached the height of his fame in 1920s Paris. His watercolor and oil works of nudes, still lifes, and self-portraits were a commercial success and he became a notable figure in the Parisian art scene.
Foujita spent three years voyaging through South and North America before returning to Japan in 1933, documenting his observations in sketches and paintings. Upon his return home, Foujita became an official war artist during World War II, illustrating battle scenes to raise the morale of the Japanese troops and citizens. His oil paintings won him acclaim during the war, but the public's view of him turned negative in the wake of the Japanese defeat.
Without significant prospects in the post-WWII Japanese art scene, Foujita returned to France in 1950, where he would spend the rest of his life. He received French nationality in 1955 and converted to Catholicism in 1959. His latter years were spent working on the frescoes for a small, Romanesque chapel in Reims that he had constructed. He died in 1968, not long after the chapel officially opened.
Foujita is a much-celebrated figure in France, but public opinion of him in Japan remains mixed due to his monumental depictions of the war. Recent retrospective exhibitions organized since 2006 in Japan have sought to establish Foujita's place in Japanese twentieth-century art history. Provided by Wikipedia
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1Tsuma Tomi e no tegami, 1913-1916 = Les lettres de Tsuguharu Foujita à sa femme Tomi, 1913-1916 /妻とみへの手紙, 1913-1916 = Les lettres de Tsuguharu Foujita à sa femme Tomi, 1913-1916 /妻とみへの手紙, 1913-1916 = Les lettres de Tsuguharu Foujita à sa femme Tomi, 1913-1916 /妻とみへの手紙, 1913-1916 = Les lettres de Tsuguharu Foujita à sa femme Tomi, 1913-1916 /by Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968, Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968, Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968, Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968, Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968
Published 2016
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2Bura ippon ; Pari no yokogao : Fujita Tsuguharu essei-sen /腕一本 ; 巴里の横顔 : 藤田嗣治エッセイ選 /腕一本 ; 巴里の横顔: 藤田嗣治エッセイ選 /腕一本 ; 巴里の横顔 : 藤田嗣治エッセイ選 /by Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968, Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968, Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968, Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968
Published 2005
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3by Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968, Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968, Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968
Published 2014
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4by Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968, Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968, Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968
Published 2014
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5Fujita Tsuguharu gashū : subarashiki nyūhakushoku = Leonard-Tsuguharu Foujita : grand fond blanc /藤田嗣治画集 : 素晴らしき乳白色 = Leonard-Tsuguharu Foujita : grand fond blanc /藤田嗣治画集 : 素晴らしき乳白色 = Leonard-Tsuguharu Foujita : grand fond blanc /藤田嗣治画集 : 素晴らしき乳白色 = Leonard-Tsuguharu Foujita : grand fond blanc /藤田嗣治画集 : 素晴らしき乳白色 = Leonard-Tsuguharu Foujita : grand fond blanc /藤田嗣治画集 : 素晴らしき乳白色 = Leonard-Tsuguharu Foujita : grand fond blanc /by Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968, Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968, Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968
Published 2002
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6Senjika ni kaku : shinbun, zasshi kikōshū, 1935--1956-nen /戦時下に書く : 新聞・雑誌寄稿集, 1935--1956年 /戦時下に書く : 新聞・雑誌寄稿集, 1935--1956年 /戦時下に書く : 新聞・雑誌寄稿集, 1935--1956年 /by Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968, Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968, Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968
Published 2018
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7by Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968, Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968, Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968
Published 2014
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8Other Authors: “...100:1 : Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968...”
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9Fujita Tsuguharu ten : seitan 120-nen : Pari o miryōshita ihōjin = Leonard Foujita /藤田嗣治展 : 生誕 120年 : パリを魅了した異邦人 = Leonard Foujita /藤田嗣治展 : 生誕 120年 : パリを魅了した異邦人 = Leonard Foujita /
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10Fujita Tsuguharu senjika ni kaku : shinbun, zasshi kikōshū, 1935-1956-nen /藤田嗣治戦時下に書く : 新聞・雑誌寄稿集, 1935-1956年 /藤田嗣治戦時下に書く : 新聞・雑誌寄稿集, 1935-1956年 /藤田嗣治戦時下に書く : 新聞・雑誌寄稿集, 1935-1956年 /
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14Pari no hiru to yoru /巴里の晝と夜 /by Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968Other Authors: “...Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968...”
Published 1949
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16Tōkyō, Pari yūkō toshi teikei kinen, Reonāru Fujita Ten /東京・パリ友好都市提携記念. レオナール・フジタ展 /by Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968
Published 1988
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18Fujita Tsuguharu gabunshū neko no hon /藤田嗣治画文集猫の本 /by Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968
Published 2003
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20Fujita Tsuguji tsuitōten = Hommage a Leonard Foujita /藤田嗣治追悼展 = Hommage a Leonard Foujita /by Foujita, Tsugouharu, 1886-1968
Published 1968
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