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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 Presentation Book

  • [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: 2012-01-25   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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