1940s Retro Japanese Gansai Watercolor Set Foliage Magician's Apprentice - John Derian

Magician's Apprentice - John Derian

20th Century Heriz Iran

Pattern repeat - 54" x 23 1/2"

Scrapbook collage

1940s Retro Japanese Gansai Watercolor Set Foliage Magician's Apprentice - John DerianThe 1940s Wartime rages on in this set, beginning with a punchy blood red amongst luscious jewel tones. Decadent emerald greens together with burnt yellow and tangerine recall Picassos paintings of seated women. Vivid blues and a rich purple represent the patriotic sentiments of life on the home front. These colours are symbolic of a tumultuous decade full of revolution: the wartime inventions, the end of Modernism, the bold motifs of wartime