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2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Comprehensive Research on Foujita's Painting Technique in the 1920s

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 20520096
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Aesthetics/Art history
Research InstitutionKyoto University of Art and Design

Principal Investigator

HAYASHI Yoko  Kyoto University of Art and Design, 芸術学部, 准教授研究 (30340524)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) KIJIMA Takayasu  東京藝術大学, 美術学部, 教授 (10345340)
Project Period (FY) 2008 – 2010
Keywords美術史 / 保存科学 / 藤田嗣治 / 絵画技法 / 1920年代
Research Abstract

Comprehensive Research on Foujita's Painting Technique in the 1920s
The painter Foujita (Leonard-Tsuguharu Foujita) earned an international reputation in Paris at the beginning of 1920s, mainly because he created a very original painting technique known as "le grand fond blanc." He used this technique to draw nudes and stilllifes with a very thin black line on a milky-white ground. He never revealed the secret of how he was able to draw the line with water-based "sumi" on an oil-based ground. In the forty years since Foujita's death, this technique has remained a mystery. As a result of our research--which involved the analysis of information gained from restoration of his paintings, reproduction of his technique, and research on Foujita's writings--we have found that talc (magnesium silicate hydroxide, widely used in cosmetics and paints) is the key material.

  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2011 2010 2009 2008

All Journal Article (2 results) Presentation (1 results) Book (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] 藤田嗣治の銀座をめぐる物語2011

    • Author(s)
      林洋子
    • Journal Title

      花椿 728号

      Pages: 18-23

  • [Journal Article] 藤田作品にみるタルクの発見と裸婦像の肌色2009

    • Author(s)
      木島隆康
    • Journal Title

      別冊太陽 158号

      Pages: 158-159

  • [Presentation] 「藤田嗣治」Japan To-day2010

    • Author(s)
      林洋子
    • Organizer
      (『文藝春秋』欧文付録)研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      国際日本文化研究センター
    • Year and Date
      2010-09-19
  • [Book] 美術家のフランス体験 黄金の1920年代2010

    • Author(s)
      林洋子編・著
    • Total Pages
      788
    • Publisher
      柏書房
  • [Book] 藤田嗣治の絵画技法に迫る:修復現場からの報告2010

    • Author(s)
      木島隆康・林洋子監修
    • Total Pages
      145
    • Publisher
      東京藝術大学出版会
  • [Book] 藤田嗣治作品をひらく2008

    • Author(s)
      林洋子
    • Total Pages
      511
    • Publisher
      名古屋大学出版会

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Published: 2012-01-26   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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