Taneo Suenaga 末永 胤生 (1913–2009) - Cheval et homme nu (Vendu sans prix de réserve)

Charming and poetic oil on canvas depicting a white horse rearing before a human silhouette in a landscape of green and yellow tones by Taneo Suenaga 末永 胤生 (1913–2009)

Title: "Horse and Man"

Artist: Taneo Suenaga 末永 胤生 (1913–2009)

Technique: Oil on canvas

Signature: Not signed.

References from the catalog raisonné inscribed on the borders: M577

Format: 53 × 45.5 cm

Condition: Good condition.

Taneo Suenaga (1913–2009) is a Japanese painter who helped shape the country’s avant-garde before settling permanently in Paris. Born February 17, 1913 in Nagasaki, he studied fine arts at the Tokyo Academy of Arts and Culture (Bunka Gakuin Bijutsu) until 1932. As early as 1933, he co-founded the “Society 1940” with Shūzō Takiguchi, a pioneering collective that introduced Cubism, Surrealism, and abstraction to Japan. In 1936, he met Jean Cocteau in Yokohama and, with Nobuya Abe, launched the multidisciplinary journal L'École de Tokyo. After World War II, he decided to settle in Paris in 1957 to deepen his pictorial research. He quickly integrated into the French art scene, exhibiting at the Salon des Indépendants as well as at the prestigious Bernheim-Jeune gallery. Nicknamed the “green magician,” he developed a personal style oscillating between figuration and abstraction, driven by a strong mastery of light. Throughout his career, he maintained a strong cultural bridge between France and Japan, staging regular exhibitions in Tokyo and creating large mural frescoes. In 1972, his work was awarded the Grand Prix at the Cannes International Salon of the Côte d'Azur. He died in Paris in 2009 and is buried in the Montparnasse Cemetery.