Mitsuharu Mishima Opithandra Primuloides [Watercolour] Mishima, Mitsuharu Artwork - Botanical

An original watercolour study of Opithandra primuloides by Mitsuharu Mishima, signed and dated 1998 in pencil lower right; titled lower left. Image 345 x 370 mm, frame 530 x 545 mm. Single cream mount, 'clean-lined' gilt frame, very slightly rubbed. Painting in very good condition, bright and unmarked. Provenance: with Tryon & Swan Gallery Ltd, London W1X 1HB, label to reverse. [Biography. Mitsuharu Mishima 1932 to 2016. Japanese. Graduated University of Chiba in 1956, then at Kuwazawa Design Institute during 1957. Became a freelance graphic designer working in pen & ink, watercolour and gouache. Exhibited 1985, 1986, Gallery Du Mont, Yokohama; 1986, Higashiyama Botanic Garden Gallery, Nagoya; 1987, Happy Fair, Higashiyama Botanic Garden, Nagoya; 1987, 12th World Orchid Conference, Tokyo. Bibliography. The Bosei. Tokai Education Research Institute, 1984.Encyclopaedia Heibonsha. Tokyo. Heibonsha, 1984. The Grand Atlas of Alpine Flora. Tokyo. K. K. Hokuryukan, 1987.Imai, Kunikatsu. The wonder of lily. Tokyo. Akane Publishing, 1987.Moriya, Sumi. The secrets of water plants. Tokyo: Akane Publishing, 1983.Yanagida, Kunio. The Memorandum of Wild Flowers. Kanda, Tokyo: Yasaka Book Publishing, 1985. [Information adapted from Hunt Botanical Institute] Please contact us if you would like to view any of our artwork in person. The shipping cost on this painting within the UK is likely to be in the region of £20.