The Fields<br />野辺
figure, female, nude
Kuroda Seiki's <em>The Fields</em> was influenced by Raphael Collin's paintings in many ways. In comparison to <em>Floreal</em>, Kuroda leanred Collin's accurate depiction of human body and Impressionist style of background. To be more specifically, this painting is largely affected by Collin's entry piece for 1900 Internation Exhibition. The composition and the model's pose were similar.
Kuroda, Seiki (1866-1924)
Pola Museum of Art
Pola Museum of Art
1907
Pola Museum of Art
© Pola Museum of Art.
http://www.polamuseum.or.jp/collection/p08-0100/
Oil on canvas image: 54.9 x 72.8 cm
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Nude<br />裸体婦人像
figure, female,nude
Kuroda Seiki suggests ideals of human body in many nude paintings, and his nude paintings were the model for his students. This painting can be related to Kim Kwanho's <em>Lake</em> in composition and atmosphere.
Kuroda, Seiki (1866-1924)
Seikado Bunko Art Museum
Seikado Bunko Art Museum
1901
Seikado Bunko Art Museum
© Seikado Bunko Art Museum
http://www.seikado.or.jp/collection/modern/002.html
Oil on canvas image: 116.2 x 89 cm
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Wisdom-Impression-Sentiment<br /><strong>智・感・情</strong>
figure, female, nude
This triptych consists of a nude woman posed in different poses on three separate canvases coated with a gold ground. The different poses of women represent Kuroda's own symbolic representations of the concept. In addition, Kuroda suggests ideal ratio of human bodies in this paintings, and it can be related to his study on anatomy.
Kuroda, Seiki (1866-1924)
Tokyo National Museum
Tokyo National Museum
1897-1899
Tokyo National Museum
© Independent Administrative Institution, National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo
http://www.tobunken.go.jp/kuroda/gallery/english/tikanjo01.html
Triptych, Oil on canvas image: 180.6 x 99.8 cm
Still Image
Under the Trees
figure, female
In this painting, Kuroda depicts a girl lying under the tree. The effect of light is well presented in this painting, and we also can see Kuroda's trial to make Japanese style oil painting in this painting.
Kuroda, Seik (1866-1924)
Takashina, Shuji, <em>Tetsuro Kagesato and Hideo Tanaka Yoga to Nihonga, Nihon Bijutsu Zenshu</em>, Tokyo: Kodansha, 1992
1899
University of Oregon Libraries
© University of Oregon Libraries
Oil oncanvas image: 78 x 93.7 cm
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By the Lake<br /><strong>湖畔</strong>
figure, female
This painting is the most representative piece of Kuroda Seiki. The figure in the painting is Kuroda's wife Teruko Kuroda, and depicts the moment of their vacation.
Kuroda, Seiki (1866-1924)
Tokyo National Museum
Tokyo National Museum
1897
Tokyo National Museum
© Independent Administrative Institution, National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo
http://www.tobunken.go.jp/kuroda/gallery/english/kohan01.html
Oil on canvas image: 69 x 84.7 cm
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Talk on Ancient Romance (composition II)<br /><strong>昔語り下絵(構図II)</strong>
History painting
This painting is based on historical story. Historic subject matter was one of the important subject matter of Kuroda Seiki. The subject matter and composition were influenced by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes's <em>Le Repos</em>.
Kuroda, Seiki (1866-1924)
Tokyo National Museum
Tokyo National Museum
1897
Tokyo National Museum
© Independent Administrative Institution, National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo
http://www.tobunken.go.jp/kuroda/gallery/english/mukasi01.html
Oil on canvas image: 41.1 x 64.4 cm
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A Maiko Girl<br /><strong>舞妓</strong>
figure, female
This painting portrays a geisha from Kyoto with lake background. The influence of Impressionism can be seen in this works.
Kuroda, Seiki (1866-1924)
Tokyo National Museum
Tokyo National Museum
1893
Tokyo National Museum
© Independent Administrative Institution, National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo
http://www.tobunken.go.jp/kuroda/archive/k_work/oil/oilA-11258.html
Oil on canvas image: 80.4 x 65.3cm
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Morning Toilette<br /><span>朝妝</span>
figure, nude
This painting was accepted for the Salon Nationale de Beaux-Arts in 1893, right before Kuroda returned to Japan. This was the first nude painting to be publicly exhibited in Japan, and provoked controversy due to drawing nude. This was lost to fire from the air raids of World War II while it was being stored in the Kobe villa of the Sumitomo family, it is still featured today in survey books as a pivotal work of the modern period.
Kuroda, Seiki (1866-1924)
Destroyed by fire in World War II (photograph provided by the National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo)
1893
© Independent Administrative Institution, National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20619620?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Oil on canvas image: 178.5 x 98 cm
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Floréal
figure, nude, lounge, eroticism
Kuroda Seiki learned painting in Raphael Collin's atelier. <em>Floreal</em> is Raphael Collin's masterpiece, and it gave influence on Kuroda's emphasis on nude.
Louis Joseph Raphael Collin (1850-1916)
Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes
Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes
1888
Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes
© Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
http://www.mnba.gob.ar/coleccion/obra/2446
Oil on canvas image: 110 x 190 cm
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