Rob Tumbls

$Chocolate Sundae, 1974. Kaoru Ueda (b1928), Japan. Oil on canvas. Kaoru Ueda graduated from Tokyo’s prestigious National University of Fine Arts in 1954. He contracted tuberculosis in 1958, which he suffered for 10 years, though he was able to work as a graphic designer during this time. On his recovery, he discovered Photorealism and took to drawing whatever was at hand as realistically as possible. He came to be identified as Japan’s leading figure of Photorealism, famous for his food-themed series concentrating on the reflrection and refraction of light from liquid or semi-solid forms, such as flowing water, raw egg falling from eggshells or jelly and ice-cream on spoons. His design aesthetic involves including his name and the work’s date as part of the image. Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.$

Chocolate Sundae, 1974. Kaoru Ueda (b1928), Japan. Oil on canvas. Kaoru Ueda graduated from Tokyo’s prestigious National University of Fine Arts in 1954. He contracted tuberculosis in 1958, which he suffered for 10 years, though he was able to work as a graphic designer during this time. On his recovery, he discovered Photorealism and took to drawing whatever was at hand as realistically as possible. He came to be identified as Japan’s leading figure of Photorealism, famous for his food-themed series concentrating on the reflrection and refraction of light from liquid or semi-solid forms, such as flowing water, raw egg falling from eggshells or jelly and ice-cream on spoons. His design aesthetic involves including his name and the work’s date as part of the image. Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.