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Imao keinen biography
Imao Keinen
Japanese painter and print designer (–)
Imao Keinen (今尾 景年, Kyoto &#; ) was a Japanese painter and print designer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, part of the shin-hanga ("new prints") movement.[1] In he was appointed as an Imperial Household Artist.
Biography
He received a comprehensive education in various Japanese art styles from the age of In he received a professorship at the Kyoto School of Painting. Following the publication of the Keinen Kachō Gafu album in , he became a member of the Art Committee of the imperial court and in a member of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts.[1]
The Keinen Kachō Gafu (景年花鳥畫譜), published in , is an album with an extensive series of bird-and-flower (kachō-e) in woodblock print.[1][2]
His works are part of many museum collections throughout the world.[3][4][5]
References
Further reading
- Louise Norton Brown, Book Illust