Foujita

[foo-jee-tah]

noun

1. Tsugouharu 1886–1968, Japanese painter in France.

Example Sentences

Aside from trying to wedge such wildly disparate Catholic artists as Fra Bartolomeo, Paul Cézanne, Tsuguharu Foujita and Andy Warhol into a single coherent exhibition, reducing art to illustration just undermines it.

From Los Angeles Times

"I built this chapel to atone for 80 years of sins," says Foujita.

From Time Magazine Archive

Alexander Calder once exhibited his miniature circus at Foujita's soirees.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tsugouharu Foujita, now 79, is a living souvenir of the days when the School of Paris was in kindergarten.

From Time Magazine Archive

Foujita did 1,076 sq. ft. of frescoes inside the 47-ft.-long chapel, including a side chapel honoring the Madonna of the Vines, who sits on a wine cask and offers grapes to the infant Jesus.

From Time Magazine Archive