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@mdstamper.bsky.socialOct 19, 2026, 2:51 PM

“秋” (Autumn) by 児島虎次郎 Torajirō Kojima (Japanese) – Oil on canvas / 1920 – Centre Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne (Paris, France) #WomenInArt #KojimaTorajiro #児島虎次郎 #kojima #JapaneseArtist #ArtOfTheDay #CentrePompidou #art #artText #arte #JapaneseArt #1920sArt #Hanbok #MuséeNationaldArtModerne

A young woman stands nearly full-length amid dense autumn foliage, her pale clothing and soft pink jacket emerging from rusty reds, ochres, greens, and browns. Her black hair is pulled neatly back as one hand rises toward her cheek and the other reaches toward the leaves beside her. Japanese artist Torajirō Kojima (児島虎次郎) uses broken strokes of color across both figure and landscape, softening the boundary between them. Her clothing appears to be Korean hanbok, with a short jeogori jacket over a long, high-waisted chima skirt. Kojima became increasingly interested in Korea and China during this period, painting East Asian people, clothing, and subjects with techniques developed through European study. The woman is not overwhelmed by the foliage around her. Her upright stance, restrained gesture, and lost-in-thought expression give her a calm presence within a composition alive with shifting color. Kojima studied Western-style painting in Tokyo before traveling to Europe, where his years in Belgium were especially important. In Ghent, he encountered Belgian Luminism and studied with Emile Claus, whose emphasis on radiant light and divided brushwork helped transform Kojima’s palette. Claus also encouraged him not simply to imitate European art. Kojima increasingly sought a painting language in which Western oil technique could serve subjects rooted in Japan and East Asia. “Autumn” became an important international success. Kojima exhibited it at the 1920 Salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where the French state purchased it. Today it belongs to the Musée National d’Art Moderne at the Centre Pompidou. Measuring 200 × 136 cm, the canvas brings the woman close to life-size. Surrounded by autumn vegetation, she remains the painting’s quiet center as an East Asian subject expressed through an international “modern” painting style.
@arcanamatic.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 5:10 AM

Discover the razor-sharp forms and stark contrasts of 1920s Modernist photography in this striking studio portrait. #ModernistPhotography #1920sArt