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Original acrylic painting by Bev Rodin BIRCH
Located in Banff, Alberta
. Internationally collected, each original archival painting on canvas combines large gestural brushwork, sumi-e
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Original acrylic painting by Bev Rodin FOREST LIGHT SERIES - AHMIC LAKE
Located in Banff, Alberta
. Internationally collected, each original archival painting on canvas combines large gestural brushwork, sumi-e
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Nigiri II
By Hiroomi Ito
Located in New York, NY
Japanese paper, natural pigments, and silver leaf on wooden board, sumi-e, bincho charcoal
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Silver Leaf

Unlimited Desire
By Hiroomi Ito
Located in New York, NY
. Mineral pigments, gold leaf, silver leaf, sumi-e, bincho charcoal, uncooked Japanese food paste, alum, and
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Set of Four Japanese Suibokuga Ink Paintings by Kano Tokinobu, 17th Century
Located in New York, NY
Set of four antique Japanese Suibokuga by Kano Tokinobu, sumi-e ink on paper paintings illustrating
Category

Antique 1670s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

The origin of Desire
By Mari Ito
Located in New York, NY
Mineral pigments, Nikawa glue, sumi-e, Japanese Oguni paper. Orientalism. Still life, flowers
Category

2010s Conceptual Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Handmade Paper, Pen, Pencil

There are many layers within me (The Origin of Desire series)
By Mari Ito
Located in New York, NY
Still life, oriental. Flowers, vibrant colours. Mineral pigments, Nikawa glue, sumi-e, Japanese
Category

2010s Conceptual Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Handmade Paper, Pen, Watercolor

The Birth of Energy (The Origin of Desire series)
By Mari Ito
Located in New York, NY
Mineral pigments, Nikawa glue, sumi-e, Japanese Oguni paper. Orientalism. Still life, flowers
Category

2010s Conceptual Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Handmade Paper, Ink, Pen, Watercolor

Untitled, (007_2011)
By Elizabeth Rogers
Located in New York, NY
studied with Koho Yamamoto at the Koho School of Sumi-E, NY, NY. She has taught at the University of the
Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Untitled, (006_2011)
By Elizabeth Rogers
Located in New York, NY
also studied with Koho Yamamoto at the Koho School of Sumi-E, NY, NY. She has taught at the University
Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Untitled, (001_2011)
By Elizabeth Rogers
Located in New York, NY
also studied with Koho Yamamoto at the Koho School of Sumi-E, NY, NY. She has taught at the University
Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Untitled, (004_2011)
By Elizabeth Rogers
Located in New York, NY
Academy of Art. She also studied with Koho Yamamoto at the Koho School of Sumi-E, NY, NY. She has taught
Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Untitled, (003_2011)
By Elizabeth Rogers
Located in New York, NY
Academy of Art. She also studied with Koho Yamamoto at the Koho School of Sumi-E, NY, NY. She has taught
Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Untitled, (008_2011)
By Elizabeth Rogers
Located in New York, NY
Academy of Art. She also studied with Koho Yamamoto at the Koho School of Sumi-E, NY, NY. She has taught
Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Water Mirrors II
By H.M. Saffer II
Located in Charlotte, NC
. While in Japan, HM adapted his Sumi-e techniques by applying Western styles of painting.. He was
Category

Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Jute, Gouache, Pigment

The Cloud
By Isabelle Corniere
Located in London, GB
photography, followed by painting as a form of contemplation. Watercolours are made using sumi-e brushes
Category

2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Cotton, Resin

The Swim Cup
By Isabelle Corniere
Located in London, GB
photography, followed by painting as a form of contemplation. Watercolours are made using sumi-e brushes
Category

2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Iron

Le Papillon
By Isabelle Corniere
Located in London, GB
photography, followed by painting as a form of contemplation. Watercolours are made using sumi-e brushes
Category

2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin

La Cuffia #1
By Isabelle Corniere
Located in London, GB
photography, followed by painting as a form of contemplation. Watercolours are made using sumi-e brushes
Category

2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Basse Maree
By Isabelle Corniere
Located in London, GB
photography, followed by painting as a form of contemplation. Watercolours are made using sumi-e brushes
Category

2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Silence
By Isabelle Corniere
Located in London, GB
photography, followed by painting as a form of contemplation. Watercolours are made using sumi-e brushes
Category

2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Monster II . Contemp, 21st Cent., Figurative painting, oil glaze medium/canvas
By Guido Vrolix
Located in Antwerpen, BE
traditional Japanese ink paintings Sumi-é, a derivative of calligraphy. They each consist of two color groups
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Glaze, Oil

Nikki Go Round Contemp, 21st Cent.Figurative painting, oil glaze medium/canvas
By Guido Vrolix
Located in Antwerpen, BE
their inspiration from the traditional Japanese ink paintings Sumi-é, a derivative of calligraphy. They
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Glaze, Oil

Orange Grove Contemp, 21st Cent.Figurative painting, oil glaze medium/canvas
By Guido Vrolix
Located in Antwerpen, BE
their inspiration from the traditional Japanese ink paintings Sumi-é, a derivative of calligraphy. They
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Glaze, Oil

"The Kiss" contemp, 21st Cent. Figurative painting, oil&glaze medium on canvas
By Guido Vrolix
Located in Antwerpen, BE
Sumi-é, a derivative of calligraphy. They each consist of two color groups. The traditional black ink
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Glaze, Oil

Untitled (My Neighbor s Garden)
By Sheila Crider
Located in New York, NY
Arts in 1997 and 1989. In 1999, she apprenticed for three months with Sumi-e ink master Kohei Takagaki
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Untitled (017_2012)
By Elizabeth Rogers
Located in New York, NY
School of Sumi-E in New York City. She has taught at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and The
Materials

Watercolor

Yoshitoshi, Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Warrior, Ukiyo-e Art, Folklore
By Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Located in London, GB
Artist: Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1839-1892) Title: 18. Fujiwara no Hidesato Shooting the Centipede at the Dragon King's Palace Series: New Forms of Thirty-six Ghosts Publisher: Matsuki ...
Category

Late 19th Century Other Art Style Portrait Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Mulberry Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut, Sumi Ink

Yoshitoshi, Ghost Story, Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Ukiyo-e Art, Meiji
By Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Located in London, GB
Artist: Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1839-1892) Title: 23. Ariwara no Narihira Series: The New Forms of Thirty-six Ghosts Publisher: Sasaki Toyokichi Date: 1889-1892 Size: 25.1 x 37 cm Condi...
Category

Late 19th Century Other Art Style Portrait Prints

Materials

Sumi Ink, Handmade Paper, Mulberry Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut

Japanese Meiji Sumi-e Silver Leaf Painted Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare Japanese Meiji period screen with Sumi-e ink on squares of silver leaf. Features a dark bamboo
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass, Silver Leaf

Nosferatu II by David Mack, Sumi-e brush and ink drawing
By David Mack
Located in Chicago, IL
David Mack’s sumi-e brush and ink drawing of Nosferatu, titular character of F. W. Murnau’s German
Category

2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Sumi Ink

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Abstract Ink Character on Silver Leaf (Sumi-e)
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Abstract Ink Character on Silver Leaf (Sumi-e Painting) Showa period
Category

Vintage 1950s Japanese Paintings and Screens

Rare Japanese Sumi-E Lacquer Inro Yamada Jokasai Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
gold background. Sumi-e togidashi (ink togidashi) technique, in combination with Hiramaki-e, were
Category

Antique 18th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Transient
By Toko Shinoda
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Sumi-e ink and color on paper Signed and titled by the artist lower right
Category

20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Sumi Ink

Path to the Moon
By Toko Shinoda
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed by the artist in ink lower left; Titled in pencil verso Sumi-e ink and color on paper
Category

20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Sumi Ink

Japanese Four-Panel Screen Pine Tree
Located in Hudson, NY
Ink painting (sumi-e) on paper dated 1971. Signed: Shinazumi George in Katakana; a Japanese
Category

Vintage 1970s Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Japanese Two-Panel Screen Troop of Monkeys in a Tree
Located in Hudson, NY
(sumi-e) of interactions between a group of Japanese macaques. Ink and minimal pigments on mulberry
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Gibbons in the Wild
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen, gibbons in the wild, masterfully executed ink painting (sumi-e) of a
Category

Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Wood

Japanese Two-Panel Screen Gibbons in the Wild
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen: gibbons in the wild, masterfully executed ink painting (sumi-e) of two
Category

Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paper

310 Emerging, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Anne B Schwartz
Located in Yardley, PA
that series and think that would make a good painting. I wanted to use some of the Sumi-e brush
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Nude original Lithograph EA by Alain Bonnefoit
By Alain Bonnefoit
Located in Pasadena, CA
form. In the early 1970s, Bonnefoit traveled to Japan, where he learned about sumi-e—an ink technique
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

A Conceptually Alternative Cyanotype, "Emptiness is Form 2"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 10x10 Conceptually Alternative Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Sumi-E Paper executed by
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Audrey
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
sumi-e painter, and woodblock cutter. Mr. Fix uses brush, pen, ink and wax pencils on various handmade
Category

2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Audrey
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
sumi-e painter, and woodblock cutter. Mr. Fix uses brush, pen, ink and wax pencils on various handmade
Category

2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Lucky Gun
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
as an architectural draftsman and apprentice sumi-e painter, and woodblock cutter. Mr. Fix uses brush
Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Rice Paper, Archival Pigment

Marilyn LIMITED EDITION Black Silver
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
learned as an architectural draftsman and apprentice sumi-e painter, and woodblock cutter. Mr. Fix uses
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Lucky Gun
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
as an architectural draftsman and apprentice sumi-e painter, and woodblock cutter. Mr. Fix uses brush
Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Rice Paper, Archival Pigment

Rock n Roll Hootchie Koo
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
apprentice sumi-e painter, and woodblock cutter. Mr. Fix uses brush, pen, ink and wax pencils on various
Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Ink, Rice Paper

David Bowie Rebel Rebel in Blue
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
learned as an architectural draftsman and apprentice sumi-e painter, and woodblock cutter. Mr. Fix uses
Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Dylan In Red
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
techniques he learned as an architectural draftsman and apprentice sumi-e painter, and woodblock cutter. Mr
Category

2010s Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Bob Dylan (Yellow)
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
techniques he learned as an architectural draftsman and apprentice sumi-e painter, and woodblock cutter. Mr
Category

2010s Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Bob Dylan (Yellow)
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
techniques he learned as an architectural draftsman and apprentice sumi-e painter, and woodblock cutter. Mr
Category

2010s Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Marilyn LIMITED EDITION Black Silver
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
techniques he learned as an architectural draftsman and apprentice sumi-e painter, and woodblock cutter. Mr
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Marilyn :Some Like it Hot
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
techniques he learned as an architectural draftsman and apprentice sumi-e painter, and woodblock cutter. Mr
Category

2010s Portrait Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Marilyn :Some Like it Hot
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
techniques he learned as an architectural draftsman and apprentice sumi-e painter, and woodblock cutter. Mr
Category

2010s Portrait Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

David Bowie Rebel Rebel
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
techniques he learned as an architectural draftsman and apprentice sumi-e painter, and woodblock cutter. Mr
Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

David Bowie Rebel Rebel
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
techniques he learned as an architectural draftsman and apprentice sumi-e painter, and woodblock cutter. Mr
Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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