「“ベルリン – 首都” – ダイナミックな表現派の都市景観」 - 有方敏郎 Arikata Toshiro (1922) - Japan - 1992年

Item Description :

This is an original oil painting on canvas titled "Berlin – Hauptstadt", created in 1992 by acclaimed Japanese painter Toshiro Arikata (有方敏郎, b. 1922). The work features a powerful silhouette of the Brandenburg Gate set against a vivid, expressionist sky rendered in dynamic streaks of red, orange, pink, and mint green. The stylized brushwork and intense colors evoke a dramatic emotional resonance, capturing both the cultural gravity and modern energy of post-reunification Berlin.

Executed with Arikata's hallmark bold palette and expressive technique, this piece exemplifies his unique synthesis of spiritual aesthetics and international subject matter. The painting is hand-signed "Ari" in the bottom left and titled on the reverse in German, English, and Japanese.

Title: Berlin – Hauptstadt
Artist: Toshiro Arikata (有方敏郎)
Medium: Oil on canvas (hand-painted)
Date: 1992

Dimensions:

Height: 33 cm
Width: 24 cm
Depth: 1.7 cm

Signature: Signed "Ari" lower left; titled on verso

Artist Profile :

有方敏郎 Arikata Toshiro (1922)
Studied under Yoshihara Jiro, leader of the avant-garde Gutai Group (1955)
Studied in the UK, awarded the Amagasaki Citizens’ Art Prize (1977)
Lecturer, Mainichi Newspaper Painting School (1978)

Invited by the Governor of Okinawa for the War Memorial Sanskrit Mandala Exhibition (1979)
Invited by the Presidents of the Korean Art Association and Korean Art Critics’ Association (1979)
Invited to the Baxter Art Museum, USA (1980)

Featured on Universal TV (as an “unconventional Japanese painter”) and Hawaii TV
Invited to exhibitions as a cultural delegate by the Mayor of Augsburg, Germany (1988)
Invited to Brecht Art Museum, Germany (1989)
Director, Korean I-Hyung Association (2000); established the Arikata Prize
Major solo exhibitions, including “The World of Arikata Toshiro” at Yonsei Cultural Center, Seoul (2005), and Glass Paintings Exhibition (2006)
T. Arikata New Creation Exhibition (2009)

Collections
His works are held in prestigious institutions including:

Rockefeller Foundation, USA
Pasadena Art Museum, USA
Baxter Art Museum, USA
Hawaii Consulate & University of Hawaii
Brecht Art Museum, Germany
Embajapan Museum, Ashiya, Japan

Arikata’s international career, marked by bold color and spiritual motifs, places him among the most distinctive Japanese painters of the postwar era.

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