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"Tsuguji Fujita" taken by Ken Domon, IN Noevia Ginza Gallery
From March 22nd (Tuesday) to June 3rd (Friday), 2022, "Tsuguji Fujita taken by Ken Domon" is being held at "Noevia Ginza Gallery" on Ginza 7-chome Namiki-dori St. Admission is free.
Photographer "Ken Domon" was born in Sakata-cho, Akukai-gun (currently Sakata City) in 1909 (Meiji 42), and based on realism, "portraits" of celebrities, temples and Buddha statues, etc. He is one of Japan's leading photographers who photographed traditional cultural properties. Representative works include "Koji Pilgrimage", "Muroji", "Hiroshima", etc. In 1983 (Showa 58), the Domon Ken Memorial Hall was completed in his hometown of Sakata City. He died at the age of 80 in 1990 (Heisei 2).
The painter "Tsuguji Fujita" was born in Ushigome-ku, Tokyo (currently Shinjuku-ku) in 1886 (Meiji 19), graduated from the Western Painting Department of Tokyo Bijutsu School (currently the Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts). He was active in Paris, France before World War I, and was called a white image specializing in cats and women. He naturalized in France in 1955 (Showa 30) and died in Zurich, Switzerland in 1968 (Showa 43). I was 81 years old.
The photo above is a photo of the venue. There are 21 photos on display at the venue. Tsuguji Fujita returned from France in 1933 (Showa 8), but the atelier newly built in 1937 (Showa 12) was burned down by air raids and moved to Kotakecho, Nerima-ku in 1946 (Showa 21). You. Photographer Ken Domon was allowed to enter the atelier, and intermittently photographed Fujita in Japan from around 1941 (Showa 16) to his departure to France in 1949 (Showa 24).
The photo above shows Fujita's production scene in the painting room. It seems that the production time was mostly in the afternoon. Sometimes I spent a lot of time living in the painting room without drawing, and Fujita's life was rotated mainly in this painting room.
In the photos on display, not only Fujita's figure, but also the production process, art materials, and daily necessities are shown. Please take a look at this valuable record. We received the cooperation of Noevia regarding the photos we posted.
Period: From March 22 (Tuesday) to June 3 (Friday), 2022
Location: Noevia Ginza Gallery (1st floor of Noevia Ginza Building) 7-6-15 Ginza, Chuo-ku
Admission fee: Free of charge