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This piece resembles Renaissance paintings like those of Raphael. Akaji was studying Italian Renaissance art even during the fighting at the end of WWII, as an American soldier stationed in Italy.<\/p>\n
There is a Hawaii connection here as well. The figure on the right has a head shape that resembles a mahiole, a traditional Hawaiian woven helmet.<\/p>\n
This painting is an incredible fusion of mid-century color and design, with subtle references to classical Renaissance themes woven throughout.<\/p>\n
Notice how the crazing in the paint appears only in the robe areas of the figures\u2014it\u2019s intentional, as if to suggest hammered metalwork, foreshadowing Akaji\u2019s later sculptures.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bumpei Akaji is known for his metal sculpture, but very few have ever seen his oil paintings. This piece resembles Renaissance paintings like those of Raphael. Akaji was studying Italian Renaissance art even during the fighting at the end of WWII, as an American soldier stationed in Italy. There is a Hawaii connection here as well. The figure on the right has a head shape that resembles a mahiole, a traditional Hawaiian woven helmet. This painting is an incredible fusion of mid-century color and design, with subtle references to classical Renaissance themes woven throughout. Notice how the crazing in the paint appears only in the robe areas of the figures\u2014it\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ag_exh_type":"","ag_exh_location":"","ag_exh_location_city":"","ag_exh_address":"","ag_exh_address_2":"","ag_exh_sort_order":"","ag_exh_start_date":"","ag_exh_end_date":"","ag_exh_opening_date":"","ag_exh_updated_at":"","ag_exh_id":"","ag_exh_tagline":"","ag_exh_publication":"","ag_exh_featured_img_url":"","ag_exhibition_artwork_ids":"","ag_exhibition_artist_ids":"","ag_exh_additional_images":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[10381],"product_tag":[2212,3236,3239],"class_list":["post-14831","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-bumpei-akaji","product_tag-artworks-for-sale","product_tag-tusha-fine-art-featured-artwork","product_tag-tusha-fine-art-paintings","pa_ag_artist_image-https-cdn-artgalleria-com-55064-artists-71bda773-32a2-49eb-9d18-b48fa200f063-s-jpg","pa_ag_artwork_id-10390","pa_ag_artwork_status-for-sale","pa_ag_artwork_status_id-2231","pa_ag_artwork_year-10391","pa_ag_category-painting","pa_ag_condition-excellent","pa_ag_dimensions-18-x-27-","pa_ag_dimensions_height-18-0","pa_ag_dimensions_unit-inch","pa_ag_dimensions_width-27-0","pa_ag_edition-not-part-of-an-edition","pa_ag_image_aspect_ratio-is_portrait","pa_ag_image_height-10394","pa_ag_image_width-10393","pa_ag_insured_value-0-0","pa_ag_location-tbfas","pa_ag_medium_text-oil-on-canvas","pa_ag_original-2221","pa_ag_provenance-hawaiian","pa_ag_updated_at-2026-05-16-012825-utc","desktop-align-left","tablet-align-left","mobile-align-left","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n