Shinsen Tokuoka1896~1972 徳岡神泉

Tokuoka Shinsen (real name Tokijiro) was a Japanese-style painter born in Kyoto in 1896, who died in 1972 at age 76. He studied at Chikujokai, the private school of Takeuchi Seiho, and went on to the Kyoto Municipal School of Painting, making his Teiten debut in 1925. He developed a distinctive “Shinsen style” characterized by delicate ground layers and a quiet, symbolic, mystical atmosphere that profoundly influenced postwar nihonga. His major works include “Iris,” “Red Pine,” and “Fawn,” and he received the Japan Art Academy Prize in 1951 for “Carp.” He became a member of the Japan Art Academy in 1957 and received the Order of Culture in 1966.