Characteristics of Natsume's Works

Natsume's works absorbed the elegant descriptions of Japanese woodcuts in shape and outline, the colorful colors and geometric decorative effects of Byzantine art, and the meticulous and perceptual descriptions of Baroque and Rococo art ... He created a character image called Natsume Style with perceptual decorative lines, concise outlines and bright watercolor effects.

After his processing, all female images appear sweet and elegant, with exquisite figure, youthful vitality and sometimes elegant and supple hair. His paintings are often composed of beautiful young women and decorative flowers with smooth curves.

Unlike other artists, Natsume is also a photographer. He uses photography techniques to assist his creation. He asked the model to pose as he needed and take pictures. Then, according to the photos, he arranged and processed the clothes and hair on the screen. After special composition and flower decoration, he finally finished his creation.

Many of his posters are based on photos, and many of the posters he painted for bernhardt are stills from artists or photos taken by artists themselves. Later, Natsume regarded photography as an auxiliary tool as important as sketch.

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Posters: Natsume created a series of posters for sarah bernhardt and Renaissance Theatre. These posters were brought to the United States with bernhardt's trip to the United States, which influenced the style of American posters.

Decorative group paintings: Natsume created many decorative group paintings called "Panneaux décoratifs" (a set of four paintings with the same theme, often printed on flexible paper or silk fabrics to decorate walls), including "Four Seasons" in 1896 and "Four Flowers" in 1897./kloc

Advertising pictures and packaging pictures: Natsume also created a large number of advertising pictures and packaging pictures (from biscuits and bicycles to soap and cigarettes), because the sweet female images and extremely delicate details he described were in line with the concept that "beauty means quality" at that time.

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