Yasse Tabuchi

YASSE TABUCHI (Japan 1921 - France, 2009).
Untitled, 1992, from the series "Olympic Suite".
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper, 270 grams, copy 138/250.
Signed and justified by hand.
Measurements: 90 x 63 cm.
The Olympic Suite is composed of fifty lithographs and serigraphs chosen to represent various contemporary artistic trends. It was published to commemorate the first centenary of modern Olympism. The chosen artists work in very diverse movements and styles, from the hyperrealism of Antonio López to the abstraction of Sol Lewitt, passing through abstract expressionism, the geometrism of Arden Quin, conceptual art, pop art, the new realism of Baldaccini and Rotella, or the new fauvism of Dokoupil, among others. Among the artists represented there are creators of great international projection, widely recognized by critics.
A watercolor painter, engraver, lithographer and ceramist, during the Second World War, at the age of 17, Yasse Tabuchi was called up for military service. In 1948 he returned to Tokyo, where he began his studies in Art History, specializing in French painting. In 1951 Tabuchi traveled to Paris to continue his studies at the prestigious Sorbonne University, exhibiting at the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, an association of Parisian artists focused on abstract art. The lyrical abstraction that he developed in his works led him to acquire great success among the French society of the postwar period. Specifically, Tabuchi's lyrical abstraction consists in the rejection of the representation of objective reality, since it leads the public to draw their own conclusions about the work. In 1958 Tabuchi was part of an exhibition of Japanese abstract art, becoming known in his native country. In 1985 he received an important award from the French government for his contribution to the French heritage.