Woman in a Beret
베레모의 여인
Basic information
| Year | 1948 |
|---|---|
| Period | Japan years · 1941–1957 |
| Size | 110 × 83 cm |
| 1958 retrospective list | No. 7 of the sixty |
About this painting
No. 7. Winner of the Kōfū Prize at the 34th Kōfūkai Exhibition, 25 March 1948. He was twenty-three. His teacher wrote: 'He is, I believe, probably the youngest member the Kōfūkai has ever had.'
From the chronology
- Won the highest award, the Kōfū Prize, at the 34th Kōfūkai Exhibition. At twenty-three he was its youngest recipient — an unprecedented event in the Japanese art world, reported by NHK as a topic of the week. The four submitted works were Woman in a Beret, Woman with a Mandolin, Early Spring and Autumn Landscape.
