Thursday 31 May 2012

Japanese graphics from the 1920s - 30s



Images from "Modernism on Paper: Japanese Graphic Design of the 1920s-1930s" published in 2003 by Rikuyosha:


1926 The Advertising World 
magazine cover

1927 Affiches 
magazine cover

1928 Kyoto Grand Expostion to Commemorate the Showa Imperial Coronation

1928-29 "May 1" 
film poster by Hiromu Hara

1930 'Young Miss ( Ojo-san )' 
film poster

1930 Buy Domestic 
poster

1930 Fuji Weekly cover

1930 Reijin sheet music cover

1931 NAPF ( Nippona Artista Proleta Federacio ) 
magazine cover

1931 magazine ad for 'Seshun Zukai' movie

1931 Nikke business clothing 
poster by Gihachiro Okayama

1933 Grand Nagoya Festival 
poster by Kenkichi Sugimoto

1933 The Advertising World magazine cover

1934 Nippon magazine cover

1935 Nippon magazine cover

1935 Poster for Tokyo Construction Fair

1936 Nikke socks and knitwear 
poster by Gihachiro Okayama

1936 Nippon magazine cover

1936 Poster for the Olympic Games in Tokyo by Hiromu Hara
 ( cancelled due to war )

1937 Nikke Coat poster by Gihachiro Okayama

1937 Nikke socks and knitwear 
poster by Gihachiro Okayama

1937 Nikke summer clothing 
poster by Gihachiro Okayama

1938 Poster for 1940 Grand International Exposition of Japan
 ( cancelled due to war )

Poster design by Shujiro Shimomura

Tuesday 29 May 2012

August Macke - part 4

August Macke (1887 – 1914) was one of the leading members of the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider). He lived during a particularly innovative time for German art which saw the development of the main German Expressionist movements as well as the arrival of the successive avant-garde movements which were forming in the rest of Europe.

This is part 4 of a 4 - part post on the works of August Macke. For biographical notes see part 1, and for earlier works see parts 1 - 3 also.



1913 Fashion Store Window 
watercolour 29 x 22.7 cm

1914 On the Street 
pencil and watercolour 25.5 x 29.3 cm

1914 Promenade ( with Half Length of Girl in White ) 
oil on canvas 48 x 60 cm

1914 Red House in a Park 
oil on canvas 60 x 80 cm

1914 Riders and Strollers in the Avenue 
oil on canvas 47 x 59.5 cm

1914 Rocky Landscape 
watercolour 24 x 20 cm

1914 St. Germain near Tunis 
watercolour 26 x 21 cm

1914 Terrace of the Country House in St. Germain 
watercolour 28 x 22 cm

1914 Tightrope Walker 
oil on canvas 82 x 60 cm

1914 Tunis Landscape with a Sedentary Arab 
watercolour 22 x 28 cm

1914 Turkish Café 1 
oil on plywood 35.5 x 25 cm

1914 Turkish Cafe II 
oil on wood 60 x 35 cm

1914 Turkish Jewel Trader 
oil on pasteboard 29 x 19 cm

1914 Two Women and an Man on an Avenue 
ink on paper 26.5 x 31.7 cm

1914 View of an Alley 
watercolour 29 x 22.5 cm

1914 Walking in the Park 
gouache, watercolour, pastel and gum arabic on paper 44.5 x 29.9 cm

1914 Woman in Park 
oil on canvas 38 x 23 cm

Garden on Lake Thun 
watercolour 22.6 x 28.7 cm

Girl with a Fish Bowl 
watercolour

Still Life with Bowl of Apples and Japanese Fan 
oil on canvas 55.5 x 55 cm

Walk among Flowers


Sunday 27 May 2012

August Macke - part 3

Self-Portrait with Hat 1910 
oil on wood 41 x 32.5 cm

August Macke (1887 – 1914) was one of the leading members of the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider). He lived during a particularly innovative time for German art which saw the development of the main German Expressionist movements as well as the arrival of the successive avant-garde movements which were forming in the rest of Europe.

This is part 3 of a 4-part post on the works of August Macke. For biographical notes see part 1, and for earlier works see parts 1 and 2 also.


1913 Promenade 
oil on cardboard 51 x 57 cm

1913 Sunny Way 
50 x 30 cm

1913 Unsere Strasse mit Reitbahn, Bonn 
oil on board 47.5 x 63 cm

1913 Woman with Child and Girls on a Road 
charcoal 32.7 x 27 cm

1913 Woman with a Yellow Jacket 
watercolour

1914 At the Garden Table 
oil on canvas

1914 Cathedral at Freiburg, Switzerland 
oil on canvas 60 x 50 cm

1914 Church with Flags 
oil on canvas 48 x 34 cm

1914 Courtyard of a Villa at St. Germain 
watercolour 26.5 x 20.5 cm

1914 Dealer with Jugs 
watercolour 20 x 26 cm

1914 Donkey Rider 
watercolour 28.5 x 24 cm

1914 Fashion Shop 
oil on canvas 60 x 50 cm

1914 Gartentor 
watercolour 22 x 25 cm

1914 Girls under Trees 
oil on canvas 119.5 x 159 cm

1914 Hat Shop 
oil on canvas 60.5 x 50.5 cm

1914 House in the Garden 
watercolour 22 x 28.5 cm

1914 In the Bazaar 
watercolour 28 x 22 cm

1914 In the Temple Hall 
watercolour 20 x 26 cm

1914 In the Zoological Garden 
ink 23.9 x 18.6 cm

1914 Kairouan III 
watercolour 22.5 x 29 cm

1914 Landscape near Hammamet 
watercolour 21 x 26.5 cm

1914 Landscape with Cows and Camel 
oil on canvas 47 x 54 cm

1914 Man Reading in a Park 
oil on canvas 86.5 x 100.3 cm

1914 Man with Donkey 
watercolour 26.6 x 20.8 cm