安井曽太郎
薔薇
1931（昭和6）年 油彩･カンヴァス 60.5×48.8cm
Sotaro Yasui
Roses
1931 (Showa 6), Oil on canvas, 60.5 × 48.8 cm
白い花瓶に生けられた薔薇が力強く描かれています。この白い花瓶は関東大震災の直後、妻の実家の焼け跡から見つかったと言われています。安井は本作について、｢白色がきれいだった。その時分僕は白色を好んだ。しぜんその時代の作品に白色調のものが多く、この絵もその一つであった」と述べています。
The roses arranged in a white vase are powerfully depicted. It is said that this white vase was found in the ruins of his wife's family home shortly after the Great Kanto Earthquake. Yasui commented on this work, "The white color was beautiful. At that time, I liked white. Naturally, many of my works from that period have a white tone, and this painting is one of them."