Self-Portrait

For Ryusei Kishida, 1914 is a memorable year when the eldest daughter, Reiko, who later became an important subject, was born. Inspired by the modern Western paintings featured in the magazine Shirakaba, and even more aware of the importance of the ego in painting, Liu Sheng has drawn many self-portraits of her, especially those who can face her self. It coincides with the time when she began to seek detailed realism. She is a work of her time when she began to search for the essence of beauty in earnest.