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79. Scene with the Kyoto Torii Gate [1914]

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79. Scene with the Kyoto Torii Gate [1914]

Samuel Mützner

1884, Bucureşti - 1959, Bucureşti
Estimate:
EUR 25.000 - 35.000

References

ANDREESCU, Viorica, "Samuel Mützner", Meridiane Publishing House, Bucharest, 1974. MARIAN, Rodica, "Samuel Mützner", Antet Publishing House, Bucharest, 2005.

oil on canvas, 67.5 x 60 cm, Signed, dated, and located bottom left, in black, "S. Mützner, Kyoto, 1914"

Research information

In the same year (1918), in the Venezuela Club hall, Mützner held a solo exhibition with paintings from the United States, China, and Japan. Very likely, the works participated and are reproduced in the catalogs of the 1916 and 1917 exhibitions in New York.

In the spirit of plein-air painting, Samuel Mützner was profoundly influenced by French Impressionism, especially during his time in Giverny, where he came into contact with the artistic environment associated with Claude Monet. He adopted an interest in light, color, and capturing the fleeting impression, but adapted Western principles to his own vision. Mützner distinguished himself through numerous travels, being one of the first Romanian artists of his generation to explore multiple continents. He traveled to France, Spain, Italy, Algeria, and Tunisia, and later extended his journey to Asia, America, and Oceania. His experiences in these regions provided him with new themes and effects of light, contributing to the diversification of his style and artistic universe. One of the most significant phases of his career was his period in Japan, between 1912 and 1915. Mützner arrived there in the summer of 1912 and lived nearly three years, mainly settling in Kyoto. He was deeply impressed by the landscape, gardens, temples, and Japanese culture, as well as by the figures of geishas and courtesans. His contact with Japanese art refined his observational spirit and influenced his approach to forms and colors. Mützner adapted divisionist techniques and Impressionist principles to Oriental decorative

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