Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita

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Title: Tulips Artist: Leonard Tsugouharu FOUJITA Work Date: 1920 Materials: Watercolour and ink on paper Size: 39 x 30 cm Additional information: Signed and dated lower left. Countersigned in Japanese lower left Provenance: Succession Kimiyo Foujita
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Tsugouharu Foujita was born in Japan and studied at the Imperial School of Fine Arts in Tokyo. By 1910 he had received several medals and prizes; the Japanese Emperor even purchased one of his paintings. On a trip to Korea in 1911, he was asked to paint the king.