Blissful Pair 20P (72.7×53cm) by Matabee Goto
Among Goto Matabee's works, this is one that expresses a particularly bright and warm emotion. This painting depicts a couple on their special day, capturing a moment of love and joy.
The centerpiece of the work depicts a wedding couple standing near a church. Their images express the joy of the wedding and the depth of their love, and their expressions convey the anticipation and joy of starting a new life.
The night sky features a crescent moon and shining stars, symbolizing the couple's hope for the future. The crescent moon is a symbol of new beginnings and brings a mysterious atmosphere to the work.
This is an unforgettable piece that forever captures the magic of a special wedding day.
1925 Born in Ichinomiya City, Aichi Prefecture
1943 Studied at Pacific Art School
1955 First solo exhibition at Yoseido Gallery (Ginza, Tokyo) , 56,57
1957 Solo exhibition at Hagurodo Gallery (Ginza, Tokyo) and Form Gallery (Ginza, Tokyo)
Solo exhibition at Gambs Gallery San Francisco
1958 Solo exhibition at Ichinomiya Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Aichi), Petite Galerie NY , Central Gallery NY, Columbia State Museum of Art
Solo exhibitions at Form Gallery (Ginza, Tokyo) and Toyota Building Gallery (Nagoya)
1959 Solo exhibition “Paradise Lost” Form Gallery (Ginza, Tokyo), Invited work to the Houston Museum of Art
1960 Solo exhibition at Shinobazu Gallery (Tokyo) , 61, 62 , works invited to Mary Washington University, works invited to the American Watercolor Society Exhibition
1962 Invited works to Mary Washington University, works invited to the American Watercolor Society exhibition, works invited to the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society exhibition, solo exhibition at Nessler Gallery New York, solo exhibition at Raymond Burr Gallery Hollywood, exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, exhibited at the Washington Watercolor Society Exhibition ( * Rembrandt Special Award), Solo exhibition at Fine Gallery Chicago, Solo exhibition at Silver Gallery Santa Barbara
1963 Solo exhibition at Fujii Gallery (Tokyo), Solo exhibition at Imai Gallery (Kobe) , 65, 67
1964 Solo exhibition at Nichido Gallery (Nagoya) , 66 , Solo exhibition at Hiiragi Gallery (Tokyo)
1965 Exhibited at Shinobazu Gallery (Tokyo) "Circular Tableau" exhibition, Tokyo Bunka Gallery (Tokyo) New Works exhibition, Ginza Gallery (Tokyo) "Art Brake" exhibition
1966 Solo exhibition at Chugu Gallery (Osaka)
1967 Solo exhibition at Miyuki Gallery (Tokyo) , 68
1968 Solo exhibition at Yamagata Matsuzakaya (Yamagata)
1969 Solo exhibition at Isetan (Tokyo), Solo exhibition at Yamaki Bijutsu (Osaka) , 75, 77, 84
1970 Gallery Yamaki (Tokyo) “Exe Homo” Exhibition
" M. Goto Copperplate Print Collection" published by Galerie Dür
1971 Bara Gallery “Etching” Exhibition
1972 Bara Gallery "Human Love and Loneliness" Exhibition
Bara Gallery “World of Miniatures” Exhibition
1973: Bara Gallery “Neighbors and Unforgettable People” Exhibition
Bara Gallery “Oil Paintings, Watercolors, Watercolor Drawings” Exhibition
1974 Nichido Gallery (Nagoya) "Space" Exhibition * Submitted every year until the 10th exhibition in 1983
1975 Goto Matabee 1950-1975 Exhibition Yamaki Gallery ( Osaka )
1976 Solo exhibition at Bara Gallery , 77
“Goto Matabee Copperplate Print Collection” published by Nichido Gallery (Nagoya)
1978 Bara Gallery “Daily Bread for Us Today” Exhibition
1979 Bara Gallery "Serial War" Exhibition
1980 Bara Gallery “Series of Comedians” Exhibition
Illustration for Teizo Kikuchi's poetry collection "The Lonely Alien"
1982 Bara Gallery “The World of Matabee Goto” Exhibition
1984 Solo exhibition at Yamaki Art (Osaka)
1985 Bara Gallery "Ruzan - Encounter with Paper" Exhibition
1990 Memories Gallery (Nagoya) 5 -person contemporary art exhibition
1994 Bara Gallery New Works Exhibition “Hunter of Aporia”
1996 Bara Gallery / Gallery Rupo "Goto Matabee Hometown" Exhibition
2001 Bara Gallery “Beyond the Century” Exhibition
Died in 2002 at the age of 77
2003 Yamaki Art (Osaka) Matabee Goto Posthumous Works Exhibition
2008 Nichido Gallery (Nagoya) Matabee Goto Posthumous Exhibition
2012 Kiyosu City Haruhi Museum of Art (Aichi) Collection Exhibition
2020 Bara Gallery Reiwa Goto Matabee Exhibition
2022 Bara Gallery Goto Matabee Retrospective Exhibition