Bidspirit auction | Sadao Watanabe Scenes from the

Sadao Watanabe Scenes from the Bible - Three figures. - Sadao Watanabe,  Scenes from the Bible - three figures. 1968, block print on ice paper. Signed, dated and character blocked in red by the artist. Framed size: 11.25 x 10 inches. Fine condition. Watanabe Sadao, July 7, 1913 – January 8, 1996, was a Japanese artist best known for his prints that meld biblical imagery with the traditional Japanese folk art known as mingei. Watanabe's work portrays the Christian gospel with a distinctive use of crumpled wet paper mixed with mineral pigments suspended in soy milk, known as katazome. “I would most like to see them hanging where people ordinarily gather, the artist said of his work. “Because Jesus brought the gospel for the people.