Summer at Mitake 4F (33.4 x 24.3 cm) by Akito Shinohara

This painting depicts Japan's mountain scenery in bold colors.

The mountains in the painting are painted in strong shades of blue and red, and their powerful presence dominates the screen.

At the foot of the mountain, lush green grasslands spread out, dotted with small houses, which show the intricacy of people's lives in contrast to the size of the mountain.

This work captures the vitality of summer and the grandeur of nature with intuitive brushstrokes, giving the viewer a sense of the richness of nature and the changing of the seasons.

Born in 1927 in Chino City, Nagano Prefecture

1949 Graduated from Tokyo Third Normal School (now Tokyo Gakugei University) Majored in Fine Arts

1952: First exhibit at the Issuikai Exhibition, selected

1958: First exhibit at the Nitten Exhibition, selected

1967: Awarded the Honorable Mention at the Issuikai Exhibition, and has since won the award three times.

1968: Recommended as a member of Issuikai

1975: Around this time, he was drawn to mountain villages with their reed roofs.

1977: Recommended as a member of the Issuikai

1984 Moved his workplace from Tokyo to Chino City. Akito Shinohara's Self-Selected Exhibition (Chino City Museum of Art).

1990 Special Selection at the Nitten Exhibition

1994 Special Selection at the Nitten Exhibition

2003 Exhibition commemorating publication of the art book "Living in Satoyama" (Chino City Museum of Art)

2004: Published "Satoyama", a collection of paintings and essays commissioned by the judges of the 36th Nitten Exhibition

2005: Recommended as a member of the Nitten Exhibition

2008 Solo exhibition "Enchanted by the foot of the Yatsugatake Mountains" (Chino City Museum of Art)

Died June 28, 2020