Assy - Assy

Japanese: アッシー - あっしー
Assy - Assy

…Religious themes such as the Holy Face, along with landscapes, clowns, and old kings, form the core of his themes, and from his early expressions of despair and sin he gradually reaches a world of grace and salvation. In 1945, he produced stained glass for the church of Assy in Haute-Savoie, eastern France (dedicated in 1950). He is the only truly modern religious painter, and while on the fringes of Fauvism he sought similar expressiveness through bold colors and intense brushstrokes, but in a completely different direction he created a solitary expressionist world. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Assy" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…《聖顔》などの宗教的主題が,風景,道化,古き王たちなどと並んで主題の中核をなし,初期の絶望と罪の表現から,しだいに恩寵と救いの世界へと到達してゆく。45年,フランス東部オート・サボア県アッシーAssyの教会(1950献堂)のためにステンド・グラスを制作。真の意味で現代における唯一の宗教画家であり,フォービスムの周辺にあって,同じように大胆な色彩と激しい筆触による表現性を求めたが,方向はまったく異なり,孤高の表現主義的世界を生み出した。…

※「アッシー」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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