Top Quality Art - Late Fall is a piece of digital artwork by Uemura Shoen which was uploaded on July 3rd, 2018.
Title
Top Quality Art - Late Fall
Artist
Uemura Shoen
Medium
Digital Art - Color On Silk
Description
【Uemura Shoen】
「Late Fall」
(Top Quality Image Edition)
「晩秋」 (1943)(最高画質版)
【Uemura Shōen】
(上村 松園, April 23, 1875 – August 27, 1949) was the pseudonym of an important artist in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japanese painting. Her real name was Uemura Tsune. Shōen was known primarily for her bijin-ga paintings of beautiful women in the nihonga style, although she produced numerous works on historical themes and traditional subjects.
Shōen is considered a major innovator in the bijin-ga genre despite the fact she often still used it to depict the traditional beauty standards of women.
Bijin-ga gained criticism during the Taisho era while Shōen worked due to its lack of evolution to reflect the more modern statuses of women in Japan.
During bijin-ga's conception in the Tokugawa, or Edo, period, women were regarded as lower class citizens and the genre often reflected this implication onto its female subjects.
Within the Taisho era, women had made several advancements into the Japanese workforce, and artistry specifically was becoming more popular outside of pass times for the elite, which opened way for Shōen's success.
Shōen received many awards and forms of recognition during her lifetime within Japan, being the first female recipient of the Order of Culture award, as well as being hired as the Imperial Household's official artist, which had previously only employed one other official woman in the position. In 1949 she died of cancer just a year after receiving the Order of Culture Award.
【上村 松園】(Uemura Shōen / うえむら しょうえん)
1875年(明治8年)4月23日 - 1949年(昭和24年)8月27日
明治の京都下京に生まれ育ち、女性の目を通して「美人画」を描いた。1948年(昭和23年)女性として初めて文化勲章を受章。子の上村松篁、孫の上村淳之と三代続く日本画家。
Uploaded
July 3rd, 2018