Cormon, F.

…In the early Hakuba-kai exhibitions, he exhibited plein air-style works, but from the time he was in charge of the cover of the magazine Myojo in 1901, he entered a period of high spirits with a romantic and decorative style, producing his early representative works such as “The Face of Tenpyo” (1902) and “Butterfly” (1904). In 1906, he went to Europe as a student of the Ministry of Education, and instead of visiting R. Collin, who was introduced to him by Kuroda, he studied under Fernand Cormon in Paris and EA Carolus-Duran in Rome from 1908. In the latter half of his study abroad, he produced masterpieces such as “Chochara”, “Black Fan”, and “Pond of Villa d'Este”, which showed his mastery of the full-scale technique of oil painting. After returning to Japan in 1910, he became a professor at an art school, and from 1913 he also taught at the Western painting department of the Kawabata Painting Institute. …

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…初期の白馬会展には外光派風の作品を発表したが，1901年《明星》の表紙を担当した時期から浪漫的内容と装飾性をもつ画風によって高揚期を迎え，初期の代表作《天平の面影》(1902)，《蝶》(1904)などを生んだ。　やがて06年文部省留学生として渡欧，黒田の紹介したR.コランを訪ねず，パリではフェルナン･コルモンF.Cormon,08年からはローマでカロリュス･デュランE.A.Carolus‐Duranの薫陶を受け，留学期後半に《チョチャラ》《黒扇》《ヴィラ･デステの池》など，油彩画の本格的技術を体得した傑作を制作した。10年に帰国後美術学校教授となり，13年からは川端絵画研究所洋画部でも教鞭をとる。…

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