-
箱
Box -
共箱
with box signed by the artist -
サイズ
Size - 35.0/23.3cm
喘息のため京都画壇から離れ神戸芦屋市へ転居した後、昭和2年から昭和14年に51歳で亡くなるまでは花隈に画室を構えて山水図や牡丹などの花、仏画などを題材に静謐で精神性の高い絵を描いた。本作品は華岳先生の最晩年の傑作で、全てのものを救い導く観音図が描かれている。迫り来る死の中で華岳先生が求めた久遠の人でもあるのかもしれない。妖艶さと聖性を合わせもつその御顔に魅入られてしまう。
昭和13年「關西畵壇紙本展畵集」掲載作品
He left the Kyoto art world due to asthma and moved to Ashiya, Kobe. From 1927 until his death in 1939 at the age of 51, he had a painting studio in Hanakuma and painted tranquil and highly spiritual pictures with subjects such as landscapes, peonies and other flowers, and Buddhist paintings. This work, a masterpiece from the last years of his life, depicts Kannon, the Goddess of Mercy, who saves and guides all beings. It may be that he is the person of longevity that Kagaku sought in the midst of his impending death. Her face with a combination of mystery and sanctity makes mesmerized viewers eyes.
*Listed on the Japanese painting book “Kansai Gadan Shion Gashu” in 1938