Showa
Frame：19cm × 18.5cm
Glass painting is a technique in which an image is painted in reverse order on the back of a transparent glass panel using opaque or oil-based paints, so that it appears correctly when viewed from the front.
While Keisuke Serizawa was renowned as a textile dyeing artist, his childhood dream was to become a painter. His hand-painted works, including glass paintings, are held in high regard alongside his stencil-dyed (kataezome) pieces.
This particular work is set in an octagonal wooden frame and features a charming, colorfully painted dog. The dog's expression, depicted against a vivid red and green background, conveys a sense of humor and reflects the playful spirit and warmth of the Mingei (folk craft) movement.
The dog is painted in the center, with the characters “けい” (Kei) on the right and “介” (suke) on the left — together forming the artist’s given name, Keisuke.
On the back of the frame, the word “犬” (Dog) is written, and Serizawa's seal appears in the lower left corner.
Keisuke SERIZAWA
1895 – 1984
He was a Japanese textile designer. In 1956, he was designated as a Living National Treasure by the Japanese government for his katazome stencil dyeing technique. A leading member of the mingei movement founded by Yanagi Sōetsu, Serizawa visited Okinawa several times and learned the Ryūkyū bingata techniques of dyeing. His folk-art productions included kimono, paper prints, wall scrolls, folding screens, curtains, fans, and calendars. In 1981, the Municipal Serizawa Keisuke Art Museum was opened in the city of Shizuoka. Other museums that hold his work include the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Harvard Art Museums, the Seattle Art Museum, the British Museum, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, and the Museum of New Zealand.
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