Japanese artists

This is a new painting by Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara for the Kiyosumi Earthquake Relief Charity Auction in April of 2011. If you want to support earthquake victims and own an original painting by Nara, here's your chance! Please check out the auction website for a full listing of art on auction. [Note: This is a promo image for the show, copyright Yoshitomo Nara.]

SilllDA is a Korean-born artist who lives in Japan. There is no more useful information about her, but it's not that important — SilllDA's psychedelic ...

Very Popular Gathering (Sukoburu seikai) from Ehagaki sekai Postcard of lanterns and flags 「茶屋の開業式」 Japanese Late Meiji era 1908 Artist Unknown, Japanese, Publisher Kokkei shinbun sha Place of Creation: Japan

Yoshitomo Nara Let’s Move On!, 2012 acrylic on wood board

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AYA TAKANO, 'The Light That She Yearns For'; Acrylic on canvas; 51 1/4 x 51 1/4 x 1 1/4 inches 130 x 130 x 3 cm; Unique

artist: n/a (if you know pls comment!)

This time, we want to present an incredible gallery of pictures of... paintings. Although it might be hard to believe these were actually painted by a human hand, this is a true representation of the beauty and power of talent and hard work. Japanese painter Kei Mieno creates painstakingly detailed and realistic paintings that can be easily mistaken for photographs. Let's admit, the kinds of photographs not everyone would be able to take.