Winter by Shogo Okamoto

Winter by Shogo Okamoto

Winter

Shogo Okamoto

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Title

Winter

 
Artist

Shogo Okamoto

  1920 - 2001 (biography)
Year
1978  
Technique
color etching and aquatint 
Image Size
5 15/16 x 8 5/8" platemark 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
62 of 120  
Annotations
pencil titled, dated, and editioned 
Reference
 
Paper
antique-white Arches with Arches France watermark 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
17326 
Price
$350.00 
Description

Shogo Okamoto was born in Tokyo in 1920. He graduated from the National Tokyo Academy of Fine Arts from the department of oil painting in 1943, and didn't begin studying the etching process until 1964, at which point it became his primary medium. He became known for his highly detailed, sensitive color etchings with aquatint depicting Japanese landscapes and flora. Of particular note were his images that focused on small details that might otherwise go unnoticed.

Here, the viewer is invited to observe up close the bare branches of a hedge, beyond which rests dark earth and brush and a bright blue horizon. One can imagine the soft winter stillness, punctuated from time to time by the sounds of songbirds hunting for their meal.

 
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