Soichiro Tomioka (Japanese, 1922-1994), Untitled

Oil on canvas, circa 1969, signed at upper left, with Funaoka Canvas stamp to verso and retaining gallery postcard, framed.

Stretcher 18 x 20 3/4 in.; Frame dimensions 18 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.

Private Collection, Austin, Texas

Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, California

Soichiro Tomioka was born in Takada City, Niigata Prefecture. He studied art privately and first began exhibiting his work in 1953. Working predominantly in black and white, he developed his own paint, Tomioka White, to depict the snowy lands of Japan and other locales. Two large paintings of his were featured in The new Japanese painting and sculpture: an exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, 1966.

Stable craquelure; three shallow dents with some associated paint flaking.