SOICHIRO TOMIOKA: ON DEPARTURE FROM NEW YORK

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SOICHIRO TOMIOKA: ON DEPARTURE FROM NEW YORK By Soichiro Tomioka (1922-1994), signed Soichiro Tomioka Japan, 1960s Firmly mounted on cardboard and set inside a frame, behind glass. Depicting an abstract painting of a view of bare trees having lost their foliage in the dead of winter, against a beige-brown ground. Inscriptions: To the bottom, signed Soichiro Tomioka. SIZE of the sheet 27 x 24 cm, SIZE incl. frame 42.5 x 35 cm Soichiro Tomioka (1922-1994) was born in Niigata in what is now the city of Joetsu. Tomioka was famous for his oil landscapes. Tomioka first gained recognition as an artist in the 1960s while working in advertising at Mitsubishi. He soon began to showcase his burgeoning talent at exhibitions worldwide, including Sao Paolo and New York. Tomioka later received an artist’s fellowship and moved to New York City, where he lived for seven years. However, by 1972, Tomioka found himself wanting to rediscover his roots, and so returned to Japan. Tomioka was known for his use of a famous type of paint he had developed himself, which became known as “Tomioka White.” While painting stark white snowy landscapes, he wanted a more vibrant white that would never age or turn yellow. He collected and tested various types of paint from around the world for about two years, before collaborating with a paintmaker that could finally make his vision come to life. Auction comparison: Compare a closely related painting by the same artist, dated 1965, at Mainichi Auction Inc., Paintings, Prints & Sculpture, 10 October 2020, Tokyo, lot 553 (sold for JPY 180,000 or approx. EUR 1,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing).

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