Takahashi Hiroaki 高橋弘明, 1871-1945.
The artist was born in Tokyo with the given name of Takahashi Katsutaro. He was trained in nihonga—traditional Japanese painting—by his uncle Matsumoto Fuko. From 1907 on Takahashi Hiroaki designed large numbers of prints for Watanabe's print shop. He was one of the first printmakers joining Watanabe's artisan "pool." Takahashi used a variety of names, signatures and seals during his lifetime. From 1907 until 1922 he used the name Shōtei and after 1922 Hiroaki or Komei.
Provenance: from the Robert O. Muller Collection.
See:
- Helen Merritt and Nanako Yamada. Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975 (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, c1992), p. 1142.
Creator.Personal Name: Takahashi Hiroaki, 1871-1945.
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: [Untitled: fishing boat]
Description: woodblock print with artist's seal within image.
Date: c. 1930s
Subject: Fishermen.
Type: Woodcuts.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 3 x 4 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Takahashi Hiroaki S-1
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
