Lot 3096: RYONOSUKE FUKUI (1923-1986) FLUTE PLAYER Oil on canvas; signed lower right R. Fukui 28 x 36in (70.9 x 91.4cm)

RYONOSUKE FUKUI (1923-1986) FLUTE PLAYER Oil on canvas; signed lower right R. Fukui 28 x 36in (70.9 x 91.4cm)

Evacuated to Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan during World War II, Ryonosuke Fukui taught there for a time before returning in 1952 to Tokyo, where he first exhibited his oil painting the following year. After focusing on screen printing for a time, from the mid-1960s Fukui specialized in oils and was awarded the ninth Hitoshi Hasegawa Prize in 1985.