Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita Art
French, Japanese, 1886-1968
Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita was a painter and printmaker, born in 1886 in Edogawa, Tokyo. He received his formal training at the Imperial School of Fine Arts, quickly attracting success with commissions from the emperors of Korea and Japan.
In 1913, he traveled to Paris, immediately befriending many of the leading painters of the day, including Pablo Picasso, Juan Gris, Henri Matisse, Henri Rousseau, and Chaim Soutine. He struck up a particularly close friendship with the famous Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani.
Known for his eccentric personality, Foujita developed a colorful reputation through his cropped hairstyle, hoop earrings, and glasses. But beyond his public image, Foujita took his work very seriously, displaying a fondness for white and pale shades like lavender and gray. Foujita walked a fine line between Japanese and European art and was repeatedly inspired by women and cats.
Following the breakup of his third marriage, Foujita left Paris for Latin America, spending time in Brazil, Mexico, Cuba, and Argentina, before eventually returning to Japan, where he lived during World War II. Following the war, Foujita again left Japan for France, eventually becoming a citizen in 1955.
Later in life, Foujita converted to Catholicism, and decorated a cathedral in the city of Reims. Foujita then adopted the Christian name Léonard, in homage to Leonardo da Vinci, and was buried in Reims following his death in 1968 at the age of 81.
Today, his work can be found in numerous public collections including the Hiroshima Museum of Art, the National Museum of Modern Art and the National Museum of Western Art in Japan(Biography provided by Rosenbaum Contemporary)
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"Poissonnerie" woodcut from the book "Petits métiers et gagne petit" by Foujita
By Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Poissonnerie" 1960 wood cut print by Léonard Tsugouhara Foujita from the book "Petits Métiers et gagne petit." Hand signed "Foujita" on front lower right corner. Hand numbered 12/60...
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1960s Other Art Style Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita Art
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Vanikoro - Rare Book Illustrated by L.T. Foujita - 1923
By Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 530 copies including a portrait of the author by Leonard Foujita. Copy on Madagascar. Near perfect condition, uncut.
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1920s Surrealist Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita Art
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Un Coup d'Œil sur l'Ame... - Rare Book Illustrated by L.T. Foujita - 1923
By Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 1035 copies including a portrait of the author (engraving on copper) by Léonarde Tsuguharu Foujita. Near perfect conditions, uncut.
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Le Verger des Amours - Rare Book Illustrated by L.T. Foujita - 1927
By Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
Located in Roma, IT
Author of the book is Guillaume Apollinaire. Edition of 100 copies including 6 drypoints (a full page engraving on frontispiece and 5 engravings in text). Copy on Vergé de Rives à la...
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1920s Surrealist Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita Art
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Jeux Olympiques - Rare Book Illustrated by L.T. Foujita - 1925
By Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
Located in Roma, IT
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1920s Surrealist Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita Art
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Japanese / French Tsuguharu Foujita Post Impressionist drawings, a pair, babies
By Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
(Léonard) Tsuguharu FOUJITA
(Japanese, 1886-1968)
Baby acrobat; and Baby walking
both signed `Foujita’ (lower right), and both signed in Japanese
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Mother and daughter - Original lithograph - 1964 (Buisson #64.287)
By Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
Located in Paris, FR
Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita
Mother and daughter
Original lithograph
Printed signature in the plate
Edited by La Guilde internationale de la gravure (Geneva) and printed in Atelier Ré...
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1960s Realist Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita Art
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Three Graces - Original lithograph poster - 1960 ( Buisson #60.28)
By Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
Located in Paris, FR
Leonard Tsuguharu FOUJITA
La jeunesse, les trois graces
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Printed signature in the plate
On paper 20 x 30...
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1960s Realist Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita Art
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Poster edition of The Three Graces (before text)
By Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Poster edition of "The Three Graces" as printed for the exhibition "Les peintres témoins de leur temps"
Musée Galliera, 1960, sous le haut patronnage du Général De Gaulle, Président ...
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1960s Modern Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita Art
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Lithograph
Two Young Girls, Portrait Print by Leonard Foujita
By Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leonard Tsugouharu Foujita (Japanese, 1886 - 1968)
Title: Two Young Girls
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil
Imag...
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1970s Surrealist Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita Art
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Leonard Foujita - House of Delights - Original Signed Lithograph
By Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Leonard Tsugouharu FOUJITA (1886 - 1968)
House of Delights
Hand-Signed
Circa 1960
Edition : EA
Dimensions: 37 x 29 cm.
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1960s Modern Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita Art
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Léonard Foujita - The Three Graces - Original Lithograph
By Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Léonard Foujita (French/Japanese, 1886–1968)
The Three Graces
Original Lithograph
76 x 54 cm
Signed in the plate
Reference: Sylvie Buisson réf. #60.28 (vol. 1, p.531)
Léonard ...
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1960s Modern Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita Art
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The Dream - Original etching (Buisson #51.176)
By Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
Located in Paris, FR
Leonard FOUJITA
La Riviere Enchantee - The Dream
MEDIUM : Etching
SIGNATURE : Unsigned as issued
PAPER : Arches vellum
SIZE : 11 x 15"
REFERENCES : This etching is referenced in the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita Art
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Leonard Foujita - Soldiers - Original Lithograph
By Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph by Leonard Foujita
Title: Soldiers
Signed in the plate
Dimensions: 23 x 28 cm
Edition of 97
From the " Propos d'un intoxiqué " Portfolio, published in 1928 by Jav...
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1920s Modern Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita Art
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Tsuhugaru Foujita - Fear - Original Drawing
By Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Tsuhugaru Foujita - Fear - Original Drawing
14 x 11.9 cm
Ballpoint pen ink on paper
Provenance: Succession Kimiyo Foujita
Léonard Foujita (French/Japanese, 1886–1968)
Léonard T...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita Art
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Léonard Foujita - Eve With an Apple - Original Lithograph
By Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Léonard Foujita
Eve With an Apple
Original Lithograph
Signed in the plate
50 x 38 cm
Reference: Sylvie Buisson #60.29
Léonard Foujita (French/Japanese, 1886–1968)
The Three Grace...
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1930s Modern Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita Art
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Leonard Foujita - Woman with Felines - Original Engraving
By Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Artist : Léonard Foujita (Tsuguharu)
Title: Woman with Felines
Engraving
Edition of 315
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
From La Rivière enchantée
Unsigned and unumbered as issued
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1930s Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita Art
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Le Matin (Buisson 56.64), Lithograph by Leonard Tsugouharu Foujita
By Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leonard Tsugouharu Foujita (Japanese, 1886 - 1968)
Title: Le Matin (Buisson 56.64)
Year: circa 1956
Medium: Lithograph, signed in...
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Madame Chrysanthème
By Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful edition including 72 illustrations by Foujita. 60 of those one are coloured. On Japon Imperial paper, signed by the artist and reserved to the Flammarion Librarys collecti...
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1920s Modern Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita Art
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Nursing Mother, Lithograph by Leonard Tsugouhara Foujita
By Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leonard Tsugouharu Foujita (Japanese, 1886 - 1968)
Title: Nursing Mother
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Lithograph, signed in ink
Size...
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Selfportrait with Kimiyo - Original etching (Buisson #51.176)
By Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
Located in Paris, FR
Leonard FOUJITA
La Riviere Enchantee - Selfportrait with Kimiyo
MEDIUM : Etching
SIGNATURE : Unsigned as issued
PAPER : Arches vellum
SIZE : 15 x 11"
REFERENCES : This etching is re...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita Art
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