Nakanishi Mutsumi
Born in Yamatotakada,Nara 1947
Education:
Kanazawa College of Art, Department of oil Painting (1971)
First of continuing annual solo exhibitions at Gallery Sakuranoki,1996.
Moves to live in Kamakura (to the present day) ,2011.
Book Cover & Dust Jacket Design:
Six covers for the Nobunaga,Hideyoshi,Ieyasu,Mitsuhide,Mitsunari,and Yukimura issues of the historical series Bessatsu Rekishi Dokuhon (Shinjinbutsuoraisha),1990.
Cover for Otona Datte Naite Ii, by Agnes Chan (Shogakukan),1995.
Covers for Japanese textbooks (Meijishoin),2016~.
Original Drawings:
New Years card illustrations published by the Japan Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications,1995.
Shunkashuto(Spring,Summer,Autumn,Winter) drawings for Ten Arima Grand Hotel in Hyogo,1996.
Mural for Yoshino Municipal Hospital in Nara,1999.
Illustrations for postcards of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Kumano and Omine Okugakemichi for Japan Post,2005
Nakanishi says “I have reached this method while trying to depict what I want to without protest to my mind." He paints in a careful manner with the style called “araidashi" that is to wash out colors on a paper with water numerous times. It gives the comfort of fresh air and gentleness to viewers.
Nakanishi works will take you to the nostalgic parts of your memories even if you see them for the first time.