Artist

Shirai Akiko

1935–2001

132130

Works

Years lived

Painter

Style

Shirai’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Selected works

132130 pieces

Dawning Morn (Akete yuku asa)

Shirai Akiko Japanese, 1935-2001

Dancing Leaves (A) (Odoru konoha [A])

Shirai Akiko Japanese, 1935-2001

Komurasaki of the Miuraya and Shirai Gompachi (Miuraya Komurasaki, Shirai Gompachi)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806

Scarf

Shirai Gonpachi and Komurasaki, from the series "Beauties in Joruri Roles (Bijin awase joruri kagami)"

Ichirakutei Eisui Japanese, active 1790-1823

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Shirai Gompachi in the Play Gozen-gakari Sumo Soga, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Second Month, 1793

Katsukawa Shun'ei Japanese, 1762-1819

Inaba: Shirai Gonpachi Leaves His Home (Shirai Gonpachi hongoku o tachinoku, Inaba), section of sheet no. 12 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Provinces (Kunizukushi harimaze zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 Japanese, 1797-1858

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Bando Shuka I in the Role of Shirai Gonpachi

Utagawa School Japanese, 19th century

Self-Portrait

Walter Shirlaw (American, 1838–1909)

Martin Vanden Bogaert Desjardins

Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)

Remembrance of Italy

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875) printed by Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907) published by Cadart et Chavalier, Editeurs (French, 1801-1900)