Hiroshima Museum of Art

YASUI Sotaro

YASUI Sotaro1888-1955

A Western-style painter in Japan. He was active in the Showa period, called 'The Epoch of Yasui and Umehara', with his rival, UMEHARA Ryuzaburo. He made a powerful style of painting, called 'The Yasui Style', with deformations, omissions, distinctive colors.

Drawing 1-10

pencil on paper

 

Studio

1926 oil on canvas 128.8*160.5 cm