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The Girl Writing a Letter by the Sea at Sunset

Chihiro Iwasaki1973 - 1973

Chihiro Art Museum

Chihiro Art Museum
Tokyo, Japan

This illustration is from The Day Pochi Came to the Sea, a picture book about the friendship between a young girl named Chii-chan and her dog Pochi. Chii-chan, who is visiting her grandmother at the sea, misses her dog Pochi, and is seen here writing a letter to him.
In this illustration of the sea at sunset, the big horizontal brush strokes show the shimmering waves at the bottom of the frame, the sun setting in the ocean across the middle, and the clouds, reflecting the color of the setting sun, along the top. Employing rapid brush strokes required that Chihiro have a firmly established image of the scene beforehand, enabling her to work rapidly without pause. The girl’s profile and the yacht floating on the waves were made by using water to dilute the watercolors that had previously been applied.

Details

  • Title: The Girl Writing a Letter by the Sea at Sunset
  • Creator: Chihiro Iwasaki
  • Creator Lifespan: 1918 - 1974
  • Creator Nationality: Japanese
  • Creator Gender: Female
  • Creator Death Place: Tokyo
  • Creator Birth Place: Takefu
  • Date: 1973 - 1973
  • 画家名 (日本語): いわさきちひろ
  • 作品説明 (Japanese): 少女「ちいちゃん」と、愛犬「ぽち」との友情を描いた絵本『ぽちのきたうみ』の一場面です。夏休みに海にきても、ぽちがいないことが寂しくてたまらず、ついにぽちに手紙をかくことにしたちいちゃんの姿が描かれています。 夕暮れの海を描いたこの絵では、横方向に大きく筆を動かし、下のほうではきらめく波を、中間の部分では海に沈む太陽を、上の部分では夕焼けに染まる雲を表しています。筆の勢いを生かすために絵のイメージをしっかりと固め、一気呵成に描いたのでしょう。少女の後ろ姿や波に浮かぶヨットの形は、後から水で色を抜いて、浮び上がらせています。
  • 作品名 (日本語): 「海の夕焼けと手紙をかく少女」『ぽちのきたうみ』より
  • creator: Japan
  • Physical Dimensions: w545 x h386 mm (complete)
  • Type: painting
  • Rights: Copyright © 2013 Chihiro Iwasaki Memorial Foundation. All rights reserved.

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