Sadao Watanabe Art
Sadao Watanabe was a Japanese artist best known for his prints that meld biblical imagery with the traditional Japanese folk art known as mingei. Watanabe's work portrays the Christian gospel with a distinctive use of crumpled wet paper mixed with mineral pigments suspended in soy milk, known as katazome.
"I would like to see them hanging where ordinary people gather," the artist said of his work. "Because Jesus brought the gospel for the people."
Born on July 7, 1913, in Tokyo, Japan, his parents died when he was 10. Now an orphan, Watanabe was invited to church by a neighbor, an event that changed the course of his life.
During his adolescence, he worked as an apprentice in a fabric dyeing shop under the renowned textile artist Keisuke Serizawa.
Today, the artist's work has been internationally recognized, with his works in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the National Museum of Art in Tokyo. The artist died on January 8, 1996, in Tokyo, Japan.
The donor believes this painting is "legions of demons cast out," the story of a man possessed by demons that Jesus casts out into a herd of swine who then rush into the sea.
Luke 8:26-33; Mark 5: 1-13.
Sadao Watanabe Japanese Signed Framed Katazome Biblical Art 1965
Dimensions: 28.5ʺW × 0.75ʺD × 33.5ʺH (framed). Unframed measures: 19 "x 22"
Materials: Paper, Wood
Type of Item: Vintage / Antique / Used
Frame Type: Black wood
Original Condition: Original Condition Unaltered
Condition Notes: Excellent condition, light wear. The mat is solid blue. Auction photos show lighting reflections that are not on the art.
Signed, numbered, nicely wrapped, and ready to hang.
About Sadao Watanabe
- "Profound Faith, Profound Beauty: The Life and Art of Sadao Wantabe" by John A. Kohan (Image. Issue 74)
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