“Sunflower”

Somiya Ichinen

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Artist Name: Somiya Ichinen
Title: “Sunflower”
Dimensions: 27.0×23.9 cm
Medium: Oil, watercolor and pastel on shikishi board
Year: 1959
Description: Somiya Ichinen (1893–1994) was a Japanese Western-style painter born in Nihonbashi-Hamacho, Tokyo. He studied under Fujishima Takeji, Kuroda Seiki, and Yamashita Shintarō. He developed a close friendship with Nakamura Tsune, whose keen sense of color and Impressionist brushwork greatly influenced his artistic development. Cultivating his own distinctive sense of color, Somiya produced numerous works characterized by fresh, vibrant colors. He passed away in 1994 at the age of 101.