Keishi Sakurai

"Bruges N 1" landscape gold leaf pigments paper belgium calming dreamy romantic

2025

Keishi paints with the classic Japanese technique called Nihonga - he prepares the paper with gold leaf, then paints on top with mineral pigments, thus creating a special perspective...

Mountain Path is a 2020 landscape work by Maki Kuchida. This is a much sought-after landscape work by Maki, demonstrating her delicate painting skills with so much details in one work - the nature environment, trees with various forms and shapes, flowers, the river and the colorful coyotes as if all inside a mirage of the mountain. The mountain path leads you into a stage where the sky and the earth merge into one universe, the realm of the soul. Maki combines the Japanese landscape painting technique with the Chinese one thus her landscape work is unique in its own way. Coyotes are mascots that appear very often in Maki's landscape paintings. The painted size of the work is approx. 54 x 38cm, while the framed size is approx. 74x58cm. It is framed with archival grade mount. There will be a certificate of authenticity issued with your acquisition. Maki's paintings may seem deceptively simple at first but indeed the colors and texture are achieved through a labor-intensive and time-consuming process as painting on silk for one color requires at least 8 layers of pigments. Maki paints using mineral pigments on...

White Crow is a 2020 landscape work with a protagonist bird, the white crow by Maki Kuchida. This work demonstrates Maki's delicate painting skills with a lot of details in one work. She applied aluminum leaf on this work to create a perspective in the background. Maki combines the Japanese landscape painting technique with the Chinese one thus her landscape work is unique in its own way. White Crow is the bird of fortune and peace in the Japanese culture. On the bottom right, shadows of another mascot, coyote, can be seen. Coyote is one of Maki's favorite icons which can be found in many of her landscape paintings. The painted size of the work is approx. 27 x 18cm, while the framed size is approx. 47x38cm. It is framed with archival grade mount. There will be a certificate of authenticity issued with your acquisition. Maki's paintings may seem deceptively simple at first but indeed the colors and texture are achieved through a labor-intensive and time-consuming process as painting on silk for one color requires at least 8 layers of pigments. Maki paints using mineral pigments on silk...

Clementine Chan is famous Hong Kong artist and illustrator. Born in Hong Kong, Clementine graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong major in Journalism. She studied pastel...

Ketty Gilsoul-Hoppe Düsseldorf 1868 – 1939 Ixelles Belgian Painter 'A View of Bruges' Signature: Signed bottom right Medium: Aquarelle Dimensions: Image size 58 x 75 cm, frame size 71,50 x 88,50 cm Biography: Gilsoul-Hoppe Ketty, a distinguished Belgian painter renowned for her exquisite watercolor works, was born in Düsseldorf in 1868. She inherited a passion for the arts from her father, Edouard Hoppe, an accomplished engraver. Her artistic journey began at the Bisschoffsheim school in Brussels, where she honed her skills and developed a keen eye for capturing the nuances of light and color. In 1894, Ketty Gilsoul-Hoppe entered a lifelong partnership with the painter Victor Gilsoul...

This painting by Olof Sager-Nelson, executed during his time in Bruges in 1894, is a splendid example of symbolism. It depicts a serene canal in Bruges, surrounded by sunlit houses w...

A View of Bruges Cassel Leon Lille 1873 – 1937 Paris French Painter Signature: Signed bottom right and dated 1918 Dimensions: Image size 62,50 x 81 cm, not framed Medium: Oil on canvas Biography: Cassel Léon was born in Lille, France in 1873. He was a French Impressionist painter of mostly landscapes and cityscapes. He studied with master teachers Léon Bonnat and d’Auguste Glaize. He was a Parisian that came to Belgium in the thirties, in particular to Bruges to paint. He was a friend with Julien Schaeverbeke, a Bruges painter. In 1937, he exhibits “A View of Bruges” in Paris with the “Salons des Artistes Français”. For his merits, he received the award of King Léopold...

Oil Painting by George Jan Dispo "Old Amsterdam" 1922-1973 Dispo was a Dutch painter of the buildings and canals of Amsterdam. He studied under his fa...