Gliblets: Mar 5-11
March 5, 1970
Japanese painter Shima Seien dies at around age 78. Initially self-taught, she later studied painting formally. She is associated with nihonga, a modernized Japanese style which draws on western ideas; she made work highlighting the abuse of women in Japanese culture.
This untitled painting, for instance, is a self-portrait of the artist, w…
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