Kuroda Seiki

Viscount Kuroda Kiyoteru, 'the father of Western-style painting' in Japan, boldly introduced plein-air techniques and the nude figure to a shocked but ultimately inspired Japanese audience.

ABOUT

Born in 1866 as Shintarō, later known as Seiki or Kiyoteru, Kuroda was destined for a career in law before a chance encounter in Paris changed his path. Initially sent to France in 1884 to study law, he met Japanese artists and an art dealer who convinced him to pursue painting instead. Against his adoptive father's wishes, he switched to full-time art studies, entering the studio of Academic painter Raphaël Collin in May 1886. During his decade in France, Kuroda also receiv…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Suburbs of Paris (snowscape) 1888 · Tokyo National Museum Artist's Studio 1890 · Kagoshima City Museum of Art Face of a Girl 1890 Girl of Bréhat 1891 · Artizon Museum Reading 1891 · Tokyo National Museum Lamp and Two Children 1891 · Hiroshima Museum of Art

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Raphaël CollinAcademic painting Pierre Puvis de ChavannesSymbolism

Influenced