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Kawabata Ryushi
Kawabata Ryushi
1885‐1966
Kawabata Ryushi was born in Wakayama Prefecture. He initially learned how to paint in western style, but later turned to Japanese style paintings and entered Musei-kai, a Japanese art organization. Since 1915, he has released great works based on a free and bold style of painting, mainly for the Inten Exhibitions. He started to push through this bold, large frame, style of painting in 1928 and subsequently established a new art organization, Seiryu-sha, in 1929. This organization advocated the establishment of sturdy art and it led him to develop his unique art perspective.