The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Flight Into Egypt
1971
(Japanese, 1913–1996)
Location: not on view
Description
Watanabe's work is associated with the Japanese Folk Art movement that developed in the 1920s and 1930s to encourage the preservation and appreciation of Japan's craft and folklore traditions, which were admired for their unpretentious honesty of purpose. Watanabe used crumpled, handmade paper (commonly used for book covers and endpapers) for his childlike images, which emphasizes their handcrafted quality and adds texture to the broad, flat areas of stenciled color. He was a converted Christian, and although many of his subjects are taken from the Old and New Testaments, his technique is entirely Japanese and his figural style is very close to the popular Buddhist prints of earlier periods.- East Meets West: Tradition and Innovation in Modern Japanese Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 19-May 28, 2000).Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; March 19 - May 28, 2000. "East Meets West: Tradition and Innovation in Modern Japanese Prints."A Tradition Transformed: Japanese Prints, 1947-1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 9-April 24, 1988).CMA 1980: "Year in Review 1979," Bulletin LXVII (March 1980), p. 98, cat. #104.Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).
- {{cite web|title=Flight Into Egypt|url=false|author=Sadao Watanabe|year=1971|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1979.101