[vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”658,659,656,657″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]From March 7 to July 15, 2018, the Maillol Museum presented the first Parisian exhibition dedicated to the artist Léonard-Tsuguharu Foujita. It featured 150 major works from public and private collections, tracing the exceptional character of Montparnasse’s Roaring Twenties and the work of the Japanese-born artist Foujita, surrounded by his friends Modigliani, Zadkine, Soutine, Indenbaum, Kisling, and Pascin. The exhibition focused on Foujita’s highly productive first Parisian period between 1913 and 1931.
It was the story of a unique destiny, that of an artist evolving between two cultures, East and West. From his beginnings in Japan, through his rise and the revelation of his work, his journey led him to the creation of his endearing, media-savvy, and singular persona in the Parisian context of the Roaring Twenties. His favorite themes included women, cats, still lifes, children, and self-portraits.
Foujita, respectful of his Japanese roots and the classicism of the great Western masters, invented an inimitable art by blending cultures, thus bringing Japan and France together.
His works evoke those of his studio neighbors, his friends, fostering an enriching dialogue that allowed for an appreciation of the originality and complementarity of all these artists of Figuration, both foreign and French, grouped under the name of the School of Paris.
The exhibition demonstrated the talent of a drawing enthusiast who, like his illustrious predecessor Hokusai, masterfully wielded the brush and the spirit of line.
Fifty years after Léonard Foujita’s death in 1968, the Maillol Museum honored the luminous and rare work of the most oriental of Montparnasse painters. The approximately 125,000 visitors who attended are a testament to the great success of this magnificent Parisian tribute, of which a splendid catalog remains, and a vivid memory in people’s minds.
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