Description
［第8回日展出品作］桜島は、昭和初期に洋画家梅原龍三郎が描いた作品に感銘し画題として以来、西山の主要なモティーフとなった。戦後描かれた桜島は赤を基調にした動的なものが多かったが、本作では打って変わり夕闇に包まれた静的な桜島を描いている。輝く満月を背に、紫紺に染まる山裾から頂へ向け、徐々に光を得て黄金色に浮かびあがる桜島の姿は、枠にとらわれない作者の不動の境地を物語るかのようである。
Data source
Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection Database
This database showcases some 2,000 objects from our collection of some 30,000 pieces of artworks from various periods and cultures including Japanese, Eastern and Western works, ranging from paintings...
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The Japanese Council of Art Museums
The Japanese Council of Art Museums (JCAM) supports the accomplishment of mission of art museums and seeks to assist art museums in fully basing their activities in a social context. The organization holds an annual meeting, memorial forums at annual meetings, lectures, Curatorial Study Meetings, and Study Group activities every year. The information and reports generated by these various activities are then expected to be shared with member museums, the greater art-related world and the general public. JCAM was founded in 1952 with the aim of providing a forum for art museums in Japan to think and act together. The organization was registered as a general incorporated association on April 1st, 2020 and includes over 450 members (full members, individual members and supporting members).
Last updated
January 9, 2026