Serene Fumio Kitaoka Woodblock print. 1975 number 79 of 100. The woodblock measures 28″ wide x 22″ tall. The image is 22″ x17″. Fumio Kitaoka was born in 1918 in Tokyo (died 2007) where he studied at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts – printmaking and oil painting. One of his teachers was Hiratsuka Unichi. During his art training he experienced a lot of different styles – from traditional Japanese printmaking to Western painting. In 1955 Kitaoka went to Paris to study wood engraving at the famous Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts Francaise – the French National School of Fine Arts. He stayed in Paris until 1956. Ten years later the next landmark in the career of the artist was the United States. But now he had changed places. He taught printmaking at the Minneapolis Museum School of Art from 1964 to 1965 and at the Pratt Graphic Arts Center in New York. Kitaoka Fumio exhibited at International biennales in Asia, America and Europe. His woodcuts are to be found in major collections of such great museums like the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Art Institute of Chicago. The item “Fumio Kitaoka Japanese Woodblock Print Signed Lmt Ed Snowy Mountain Singed” is in sale since Thursday, June 20, 2019. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian Antiques\Japan\Prints”. The seller is “good-better-best-at-home” and is located in Alameda, California. This item can be shipped to United States.