Morita Shiryu

circa 1960s
signed with one seal of the artist

Mi Chou Gallery, New York.
A private American collection.

Overall in very good condition. Framed size: 64.9 x 99.1 cm; 25 1/2 x 39 in.
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Born in Toyooka, Japan, Morita Shiryu was an important voice in the development of post-war Japanese art both in practice and theory. He was recognized as one of the pioneers of modern calligraphy in Japan and co-founded the notable Bokujinkai (Ink Human Society). Under his leadership, the group of artists became one of the most influential and innovative of the postwar avant garde traditional arts groups that conceptualized calligraphy as a form of a modern expressionist painting, an artistic medium seeking to rise above the barriers between cultures so as to generate a new international art. He travelled and lectured extensively throughout his career and exhibited his works at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo, the National Museum of Modern Art in Sydney, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and The Chicago Art Institute.