Tetsuro Sawada - Artist Info

About Tetsuro Sawada

  • Biography

    Tetsuro Sawada was a printmaker and painter who was born in Hokkaido, Japan. His medium is primarily the silkscreen print or serigraph (see AskART glossary); early in his career he also did some abstract oil painting and lithographs. His subjects are landscapes and skyscapes; he has been called "The Skyscape Artist". His style is semi geometric abstraction, focusing on hard edged horizontal lines, colour, light and his unique technique of shading called "bokashi".

    He graduated from Musashino Art University (Tokyo) where he studied western painting. He has travelled in North and South America (1966 - 1967), France and Spain (1969).

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