Collection
Nishida Shunei
Old Man of Pushkar1995 217.0×172.0 cm
The model is an elderly man whom the painter met in the small village of Pushkar, India, during his stay under an overseas training program offered by the Agency for Cultural Affairs. With a harmonious combination of India’s climate and people, this was completed as a large‐scale work, not merely a figure painting.
Nishida Shunei
1953‐
Nishida Shun‐ei was born in Mie Prefecture. He originally learned oil painting, but after graduating from high school, he converted to Japanese painting. In 1975, he won an award at the Inten Exhibition, when he was a student at the Department of Japanese Painting, Musashino Art University. After graduating from university, he studied under Okumura Togyu and Shiode Hideo. In 1995, his work, Old Man of Pushkar, won the first Adachi Museum Award. Since then, he has received Inten awards, and in 1998, he was accepted as a regular member. He has released lyrical works of various subjects, including portraits and kacho‐ga paintings.
