Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita

Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita -- Chien couché (Lying Dog)

1937

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Femme nue couchée (tournée à droite) (Reclining Female Nude, Turned to the Right) (Delteil/Stella 15), c. 1906 Etching on vellum, second (final) state Signed in...

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Le chapeau épinglé - 3e planche (Delteil, Stella 8), circa 1894 Etching on laid paper. Signed in the plate lower left. From La Vie Artistique by Gustave Geffroy...

Salvador Dalí­ Le Jument de Compère Pierre from Dalí's Le Décameron, 1972 Drypoint etching with color on paper Hand signed Dalí lower right Numbered...

BELLMER, Hans (1902-1975) -- BATAILLE, Georges (1897-1962). Madame Edwarda. Paris: Georges Visat [1965]. 12 copper engravings by Hans Bellmer, including...

TSUGOUHARU FOUJITA 1886-1968 Edogawa Tokyo 1886-1968 Zurich (French / Japanese) Title: The Little Housewife Le petite ménagere, 1956 Technique: Original Hand Signed Pencil Drawin...

Tsuguharu Foujita (also known as Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita) was born in Tokyo, Japan, on November 27, 1886, to an upper-class family. From an early age, Tsuguharu learned French and had ambitions to be a successful artist in Europe. In 1913 he moved to Paris, where he spent the majority of his life and cultivated an artistic circle that included Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Amedeo Modigliani in the creative and bustling Montparnasse district. Tsuguharu Foujita thrived in Paris early on, selling out his debut solo exhibition of 110 pieces on the first day. In Paris, he became known for hosting luxurious parties with his creative friends and models, who served as his muses. The extravagant lifestyle caught up with him when he was faced with a bill he could not pay and had to leave Paris. After a brief return to Tokyo at the start of World War II, Foujita traveled to the United States before eventually moving back to Paris for good. He became a French citizen in 1955 and even converted to Catholicism with the baptismal name of Léonard in 1959. Tsuguharu Foujita’s love of cats was clearly apparent from his vast collection of cat drawings and prints. He loved that they could be both wild and domestic. But it wasn’t just Foujita who had a passion for cats. Cats are a symbol in Japanese art and culture of good luck and fortune. It’s no surprise that Foujita is just one of many Japanese cat portrait artists throughout history. Due in part to the desirability of Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita cat...

Artist: Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita Title: 'La Reve' Year: 1947 Medium: lithograph on paper Size: 22" x 29 7/8" (sheet) Edition: E.A, aside of the edition of 50 signed & numbered in ...

The Little Pig  is an original drawing, realized in  Mid 20th Century,  by the French post-impressionist painter and illustrator Louis André Berthommé Saint-André (1905-1977).  Blac...