Kurumayama 6F (40.9×31.8cm) Written by Akito Shinohara

This work is a landscape painted with powerful brushstrokes.

The mountain ranges are boldly depicted.

The mountains are represented by blue tones and the snowy areas in white , while the villages below the ranges are predominantly warm colours, giving them a warmer feel.

Through this painting, viewers will be able to deeply feel the grandeur of nature and the warmth of human settlements.

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