Shiro Takagi "Guitar" 5/50 1964 Japanese Woodblock Print

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Shiro Takagi "Guitar" 5/50 1964 Japanese Woodblock Print 23" L x 18" W Good Condition Print is loose and will be shipped in an inexpensive poster frame Found in a group of woodblock prints Any questions please ask No International Sales Takagi Shirō 高木志朗 (1934-1998) The artist, born in Hirosaki in Aomori Prefecture, attended Musashino College of Fine Arts in Tokyo but left in 1958 because of “academic disciplines which bore no relation to the artist’s ideals… [and] the nonexistence of a print faculty.” (Petit) He studied moku hanga (woodblock prints) with Amano Kunihiro (b. 1929), but is largely self-taught. Takagi exhibited with the Nihon Hanga Kyokai and the Kokugakai artist societies and was a member of the Nihon Hanga Kyokai from 1961. His work was in numerous international competitions and he won awards from the Japan Print Association in 1960 and the Sao Paulo Biennnale in 1967. His work has been divided by commentators into two phases - before 1971 his predominant pallet was reds and ochres used primarily in abstracted landscapes and post-1971 his work is more representational and green was added to his pallet.