Foujita

[ foo-jee-tah ]

noun

1. Tsu·gou·ha·ru [tsoo, -g, oo, -, hah, -, r, oo], 1886–1968, Japanese painter in France.

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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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.

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It was not easy to connect the gentle and sedate old Japanese with the Foujita of old.

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