Chōbunsai Eishi
Japanese, 1756 - 1829
Painter, print artist.
Eishi was a samurai descended from a military family, and a member of the personal entourage of the shogun. He gave up all his official duties to devote himself to his art. He was probably a disciple of Utamaro (1753-1806), his contemporary. A prolific painter, he was regarded as one of the outstanding artists of the last decade of the eighteenth century. As a print artist, he is known for his portrayals of beautiful women with slender waists and long faces, a certain expression of nobility and rather indistinct silhouettes against a background of a cold chromatic quality characteristic of the close of the century.
"EISHI." In Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online, http://www.oxfordartonline.com.proxy.lib.fsu.edu/subscriber/article/benezit/B00058166 (accessed May 3, 2012).
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