Masaaki Kuwahara 桑原正昭 (Né en 1927) - Les Parasols sur la Plage de Cannes, Côte d'Azur (Vendu sans prix de réserve)

We present to you a splendid large oil on canvas by Masaaki Kuwahara, titled Parasols in Cannes.

This work depicts a beach scene in Cannes: parasols, bathers, a jetty and a green flag, the sea and a bright sky in the background. The composition, lively and colorful, evokes the summer atmosphere of the Côte d'Azur.

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

Title: Parasol, Cannes

Technique: Oil on canvas

Signature: Bottom right

Back annotations in Japanese, the artist's name and the title of the work and the format.

Work format: 72.3 x 91.3 cm.

Condition: There are very slight losses, but little visible from afar (see photos).

Masaaki Kuwahara (桑原正昭) is a Japanese figurative painter and lithographer born in Tokyo in 1927, whose artistic career was shared between Japan and Europe. From 1949, he began his career in Japan, regularly exhibiting within the Shinseisaku group until 1968. Attracted by European artistic vibrancy, he undertook a decisive first 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 de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1963. Returning to Japan in 1964, he earned notable critical recognition with solo exhibitions at Nichido Gallery in Tokyo and Nagoya, while winning the Shin-Sakka prize in 1965. In 1967, the artist moved back to France and developed an international career marked by solo exhibitions in Paris (notably at Galerie Marcel Guiot) and in Frankfurt. His work, largely comprising oils on canvas and color lithographs, is characterized by a vivid and luminous brushwork. He draws inspiration from European urban and coastal landscapes, painting Paris, Venice, Brittany, or the Côte d'Azur. His canvases, appreciated in the French art market, testify to the sensitive outlook of post-war Japanese artists settled in the French capital.