Striped Camellias by Kazumasa Exhibition Animals descriptive style of 19th-century natural

descriptive style of 19th-century natural history illustration

the flat color planes and sharp-cut botanical edges are reproduced with full fidelity and graphic clarity — the saturated intensity of the original Papiers Découpés palette intact on fine art paper

the layered foliage

the dense colour relationships and intricate surface detail of the original painting are rendered with full tonal accuracy and sharpness

The companion piece to its ascending counterpart

Striped Camellias by Kazumasa Exhibition Animals descriptive style of 19th-century naturalCamellia japonica, with its precise, formal petals, was a favourite subject in both Japanese painting and early botanical photography and Kazumasa's striped variety is a particularly striking example. The flowers are caught in their prime: petals patterned in clean stripes of crimson and white, the geometry almost architectural in its regularity. His collotype process reproduces the pigmentation with a fidelity that no hand coloured engraving could