Masaaki Kuwahara 桑原正昭 (Né en 1927) - La plage en Été à Cannes - Côte d'Azur (Vendu sans prix de réserve)

We present to you an oil on canvas by Masaaki Kuwahara (1927 - ?) entitled Summer in Cannes.

This work depicts a beach scene in Cannes in summer: blue and pink parasols, bathers, sailing boats, turquoise sea and mountains in the background. The composition, bright and lively, evokes the summery atmosphere of the Côte d'Azur.

Title: Summer in Cannes.
Technique: Oil on canvas.

Artist: Masaaki Kuwahara 桑原正昭 (Born in 1927)

Style: Post-Impressionist figurative. School of Young Painting.

Signature: Bottom left.

Annotations on the back: Summer in Cannes, 25F, Kuwahara Masaaki.

Year: Undated.

Artwork format: 63.3 x 80.3 cm.

Condition: Very good condition, (see photos).

Masaaki Kuwahara (桑原正昭) is a Japanese figurative painter and lithographer born in Tokyo in 1927, whose artistic career spanned Japan and Europe. From 1949, he began his career in Japan, regularly exhibiting within the Shinseisaku group until 1968. Attracted by the European artistic buzz, he made a first decisive stay in France between 1960 and 1964. During this Parisian period, he participated in the Salon de la Jeune Peinture and the Salon des Indépendants in 1962, before being selected for the Salon d'Automne and the Salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1963. Returning to Japan in 1964, he gained strong critical recognition with solo exhibitions at the Nichido Gallery in Tokyo and Nagoya, while winning the Shin-Sakka prize in 1965. In 1967, the artist moved again to settle in France and developed an international career marked by solo exhibitions in Paris (notably at the Galerie Marcel Guiot) and in Frankfurt. His oeuvre, mostly composed of oil paintings on canvas and color lithographs, is characterized by a vivid and luminous brushwork. He draws inspiration from European urban and coastal landscapes, painting with a preference for Paris, Venice, Brittany, or the Côte d'Azur. His canvases, appreciated in the French art market, bear witness to the sensitive eye of Japanese post-war artists who settled in the French capital.