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The exhibition presents more than 100 works of painting, calligraphy and ceramics from the 1600s to 1900s, many of which are presented to the public for the first time.
The Denver Art Museum Her brush: Japanese female artists from the Fong-Johnstone collection seeks a nuanced approach to questions of artistic voice, gender and action through over 100 works of painting, calligraphy and ceramics from 1600s to 1900s Japan. Many works will be presented to the public for the first time.
His brush traces the paths women artists have forged in their pursuit of art – exploring the universal human motivation for artistic expression as self-realization while navigating cultural barriers in an age marked by gender roles strict rules and societal regulations.
The exhibition features works by renowned artists such as Kiyohara Yukinobu 清原雪信 (1643-1682), Ōtagaki Rengetsu 太田垣蓮月 (1791-1875) and Okuhara Seiko 奥原晴湖 (1837-1913), as well as relatively unknown but equally remarkable. artists like Ōishi Junkyō 大石順教 (1888–1968), Yamamoto Shōtō 山本緗桃 (1757–1831), and Katō Seikō 加藤青湖 (fl. 1800).
His brush is on view at Denver Art Museum until July 16.
To learn more, visit denverartmuseum.org.