Hiroshima Museum of Art

KURODA Seiki

KURODA Seiki1866-1924

A Western-style painter in the Meiji and the Taisho Periods of Japan. He studied the real oil paintings in Paris, and achieved the leading role in Western-style Paintings in Japan. So he was called “the father of modern painting”.

Lamp and Two Children

1891 oil on canvas 100.4*81.0 cm

 

European Woman in White Dress

1892 oil on canvas  79.5*43.6 cm