Hirai Baisen 平井楳仙

平井楳仙 Hirai Baisen (1889-1969)
Born in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from the Kyoto Municipal School of Arts and Crafts in 1906. He studied under 竹内栖鳳 Takeuchi Seiho (1864-1942). In 1932, he participated in the 10th Universal Art Olympics in Los Angeles as a representative of Japanese painting with 東山魁夷 Higashiyama Kaii (1908-1999) and 棟方志功 Munakata Shiko (1903-1975). He excelled in detailed depictions of figures, flowers and birds, and sansui landscapes.