Three Shepherds 12 pages (60.6 x 45.5 cm) by Goto Matabei

It depicts three shepherds who, upon seeing a bright star in the night sky, seek out the place where Jesus was born and travel to celebrate his birth.

The expressions and gestures of the shepherds are imbued with humility, pure joy and deep faith.

This work is not simply a reenactment of a story, but has an open composition that invites the viewer to imagine the background to the mysterious events and allows for different interpretations.

Born in Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture in 1925

1943: Studied at Pacific Art School

1955 First solo exhibition at Yosei-do 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 exhibitions at Ichinomiya Chamber of Commerce (Aichi), Petite Galerie NY , and Central Gallery NY, and exhibited at the Columbia State Museum of Art

Solo exhibitions at Form Gallery (Ginza, Tokyo) and Toyota Building Gallery (Nagoya)

1959 Solo exhibition "Lost Paradise" at the Form Gallery (Tokyo, Ginza), invited to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

1960 Solo exhibition at Shinobazu Gallery (Tokyo) , 1961, 1962 , invited work at Mary Washington University, invited work at the American Watercolor Society Exhibition

1962 Invited work at Murray Washington University, invited work at the American Watercolor Society Exhibition, invited work at the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society Exhibition, solo exhibition at the Nesler Gallery, New York, solo exhibition at the Raymond Barr Gallery, Hollywood, exhibited at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, exhibited at the Washington Watercolor Society Exhibition (received the Rembrandt Special Award), solo exhibition at the Fine Gallery, Chicago, and solo exhibition at the Silver Gallery, Santa Barbara

1963 Solo exhibition at Fuji Gallery (Tokyo), Solo exhibition at Imai Gallery (Kobe) , 65, 67

1964 Solo exhibition at Gallery Nichido (Nagoya) , 66 Solo exhibition at Gallery Hiiragi (Tokyo)

1965: Exhibited at the "Circular Tableau" exhibition at Shinobazu Gallery (Tokyo), the new work exhibition at Tokyo Bunka Gallery (Tokyo), and the "Art Brake" exhibition at Ginza Gallery (Tokyo)

1966 Solo exhibition at Nakamiya 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 "Exe Homo" Exhibition at Gallery Yamaki (Tokyo)

" M. Goto Copperplate Prints" published by Gallery Dürr

1971 "Etching" Exhibition at Bara Gallery

1972: Bara Gallery "Humanity: Its Love and Solitude" Exhibition

Bara Gallery "The World of Miniatures" Exhibition

1973: Bara Gallery "Neighbors: Unforgettable People" Exhibition

Bara Gallery "Oil Painting, Watercolor, Watercolor Drawing" Exhibition

1974 "Space" Exhibition at Gallery Nichido (Nagoya) * Exhibited every year until the 10th exhibition in 1983

1975 Goto Matabei 1950-1975 Exhibition Yamaki Gallery ( Osaka )

1976 Solo exhibition at Bara Gallery , 77

"Goto Matabei Copperplate Prints" published by Gallery Nichido (Nagoya)

1978: Exhibition "Daily Bread for Us Today" at Bara Gallery

1979: Bara Gallery "Series: War" Exhibition

1980: Bara Gallery "Series of Artists" Exhibition

Illustration for Kikuchi Teizo's poetry collection "The Lonely Alien"

1982: "The World of Goto Matabei" Exhibition at Bara Gallery

1984 Solo exhibition at Yamaki Bijutsu (Osaka)

1985: Exhibition "Ruzan - Encounter with Paper" at Bara Gallery

1990 Memories Gallery (Nagoya) Contemporary Art 5- person Exhibition

1994: New Works Exhibition at Bara Gallery "Hunter of Aporia"

1996: Bara Gallery / Gallery Lupo "Goto Matabei Hometown" Exhibition

2001: Bara Gallery "Beyond the Century" Exhibition

Died in 2002 at age 77

2003 Yamaki Art Museum (Osaka) Goto Matabei Posthumous Works Exhibition

2008: Nichido Gallery (Nagoya) Goto Matabei Posthumous Works Exhibition

2012: Kiyosu City Haruhi Museum (Aichi) Collection Exhibition

2020 Rose Gallery Reiwa Goto Matabei Exhibition

2022 Goto Matabei Retrospective at Rose Gallery