Mayumi Oda (Japanese 1941-) Woodblock Print. Title - New Year's Dawn 1971. Women's Calendar Series. Woodblock print on paper. Signed lower right Mayumi, titled lower left, New Years Dawn, edition 35/50. Measures 36 inches high, 24 inches wide. Palm Beach Framemakers frame measures 42.3 inches high, 33.7 inches wide. In good condition.

Mayumi is known as the Matisse of Japan. Her active website has this woodblock listed for sale at $8000. Her storied life as an artist began as a small child as Mayumi's mother sought to bring a joyful creativity early in her daughter's world. That nurturing instilled a desire to make her mother happy and so, becoming an artist was born of mutual love and an innate knowing rather than a conscious decision. Drawing for hours each day in school formed a discipline while honing Mayumi's eyes, hands, and mind to draw anything that she wanted. As a Zen Buddhist, Mayumi’s father also imbued the importance of concentration and being present – things she embraced even more as an adult practicing Zazen meditation. This was the preparation for a prolific and evolving artistic journey for the forthcoming decades. Intensely spiritual, sensitive and yet, exceptionally strong-willed for a Japanese woman, Mayumi has always painted authentically, from the heart, never for commercial appeal. As a young woman and emerging artist, Mayumi was highly inspired by female beauty. Painting Goddesses contributed to an inward self-awareness while presenting an outward, positive expression of feminism. During different periods as a woman, wife, and mother, painting served as an escape, awakening, or expression when life presented challenges and opportunities. As her art received greater attention, travel and exposure to more people and influences has ensued for many years leading to diverse subjects, styles, and collections comprising several hundred paintings. She has come to be known as the “Matisse of Japan”. Mayumi has reached unparalleled artistic success for a Japanese woman of her time. From 1969 to the present, Mayumi has presented in multitudinous solo and group shows internationally and her work is in numerous private and permanent collections such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the U.S. Library of Congress and many more.

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