Hiroshi Yoshida (1886-1950)
Hiroshi Yoshida was born in Kurume, and studied western style painting in both oil and watercolor media at the beginning. In 1920, He became interested in printmaking and published his own woodblock prints. Hiroshi Yoshida is known to create for several series that explored the same title but at different times of day. The Sailing Boats series are one of the typical examples. Hiroshi Yoshida used the same blocks, but with different color inks to create an evening, morning, or afternoon version of a scene. He loved to travel, and he designed numerous scenes in Europe, America, Egypt, and South Asia.
Hiroshi Yoshida is known as a Western style painter and printmaker, and many of his prints were often titled in English. He received numerous prizes in Japan and in the world, and his prints were collected by many visiting Westerners. In 1930 and 1936, he contributed many prints to important exhibitions at the Toledo Museum of Art. |
