Self-Portraits

Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (藤田 嗣治, Fujita Tsuguharu, 1886 –1968) was a Japanese–French painter and printmaker born in Tokyo, Japan, who applied Japanese ink techniques to Western style paintings. He has been called “the most important Japanese artist working in the West during the 20th century”. His Book of Cats, published in New York by Covici Friede, 1930, with 20 etched plate drawings by Foujita, is one of the top 500 (in price) rare books ever sold, and is ranked by rare book dealers as “the most popular and desirable book on cats ever published”.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuguharu_Foujita

Anton Räderscheidt – Köln, Germany 1892 – 1970

German artist and a leading figure in a New Objectivity, best known for his mannequin-like figures.

“I AM 34 YEARS OLD, AND WAS BORN IN COLOGNE. I’M THE GUY WHO PAINTS THE MAN WITH STIFF HAT AND THE THOR­OUGH­BRED WOMAN, WHO STEERS HIM THROUGH THE PICTURE.”   ANTON RÄDERSCHEIDT

This was the descrip­tion given of himself by Cologne painter Anton Räderscheidt in 1926. At the time he had already expe­ri­enced some success as an artist. In 1925, Räderscheidt was the only artist from Cologne to be invited to Gustav Hart­laub’s legendary “Neue Sach­lichkeit” (New Objec­tivity) exhi­bi­tion in Mannheim. The intro­duc­tory quote comes from the catalog for a group exhi­bi­tion in Richmod Galerie in Cologne and succinctly describes Räderscheidt’s artistic activity in the 1920s.