Tanaka Tadao

Title

Authenticity Guaranteed: Tadanao Tanaka "Ecce Homo Behold the Man" Oil Painting of Christ Icon

Description

Authenticity Guaranteed

Work by Tadanao Tanaka

Major Work: "Ecce Homo Behold the Man" Oil Painting No. 8

Inscribed on the reverse, Religious Painting, 1958

Dimensions

Outer Frame: Height: approx. 65 cm, Width: approx. 57.5 cm, Depth: approx. 10 cm (front glass)

Inner Frame: Height: approx. 44 cm, Width: approx. 36.5 cm

Due to its age, the painting exhibits cracks in the paint and stains. Please understand this is a second-hand and vintage item before bidding. Bidders with high standards should bid cautiously.

Tadanao Tanaka

1903 Born in Hokkaido

1914 Moved to Kobe

1921 Entered Kyoto School of Arts and Crafts to study design, self-taught in oil painting

1924 Moved to Tokyo, studied at Hongo Western Painting Institute while working

1925 First selected for the Hakujitsu Exhibition

1926 Selected for the Nika Exhibition

1927 Received the Central Art Award

1930 First trip to France

1939 Became a member of the Nika Association

1940 Went to Manchuria

1945 Evacuated to hometown Sapporo, participated in founding the Hokkaido branch of the Action Art Association post-war

1948 Moved to Tokyo again

1961 Appointed professor at Musashino Art University

1974 Retired as professor, became professor emeritus

1975 Received the Hokkaido Museum Award at the Hokkaido Excellent Art Exhibition

1995 Passed away

Born into a pastor's family, Tadanao Tanaka was a Western-style painter from Hokkaido who created numerous works with Christian themes. He visited Europe and Israel, studied mosaic art, and was involved in the design of Christian-related architecture, overseeing wall decorations and stained glass in churches and chapels nationwide.

In Christianity, "Ecce Homo" (Latin for "Behold the Man") depicts the scene of Christ's Passion, captured and bound, a theme depicted by many artists centered in Europe.

This work portrays the scene of Christ with bound hands being brought to judgment, created on the eve of his post-war visit to Europe and Israel.
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