This painting by Bumpei Akaji, dated 1952, is entitled Caffe Vuotto. You can see the empty caf\u00e9, which the title refers to, presented in a very interesting way of painting.
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Of course, Bumpei Akaji was a metalsmith, and like the repouss\u00e9 work that he would do on copper, you see the whole painting covered with these almost dimple-like protrusions\u2014like a hand-hammered look to the painting. It’s a very interesting way of combining media forms.
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And of course, he was in Italy at the end of World War II. Even during the fighting, he was looking at Renaissance paintings and studying Italian works. He was, of course, very impressed by the metalwork in Italy, and later started to do metal work when he came back to Hawaii.
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Caffe Vuotto is a very rare painting. There are very few paintings out there by Bumpei Akaji. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This painting by Bumpei Akaji, dated 1952, is entitled Caffe Vuotto. You can see the empty caf\u00e9, which the title refers to, presented in a very interesting way of painting. Of course, Bumpei Akaji was a metalsmith, and like the repouss\u00e9 work that he would do on copper, you see the whole painting covered with these almost dimple-like protrusions\u2014like a hand-hammered look to the painting. It’s a very interesting way of combining media forms. And of course, he was in Italy at the end of World War II. Even during the fighting, he was looking at Renaissance paintings and studying Italian works. 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