【作者略歴】

岩田 専太郎(1901～1974)
東京生まれ。
菊池契月塾、伊藤深水に師事し、連載小説の挿絵を多く手がけ、数多くの雑誌・書籍の表紙で「専太郎張り」と呼ばれる画風の美人画を発表してきました。
また、出版美術家連盟の初代理事長、会長としても知られており、第2回菊池賞、紫綬褒章を受章するなど、昭和の挿絵の第一人者として知られております。
彼の描く美人絵はどれも艶やかで、独特の味わいがありますが、それは描かれた人物の精神と肉体のバランスが崩れることで引き起こされるものである作者は語ります。
描かれた人物の寂しさ、侘しさ、喜び、自負など様々な精神の動きにより、バランスが崩れ、歪みが生まれるからこそ、美しさが生ずると言っていたそうです。

Author's biography

Sentaro Iwata (1901-1974)
Born in Tokyo.
Studied under Kikuchi Kigetsu and Ito Shinsui, and produced many illustrations for serialized novels, as well as many magazine and book covers in the "Sentaro-bari" style of painting.
He is also known as the first president and chairman of the Japan Federation of Publication Artists, and was awarded the 2nd Kikuchi Prize and the Medal with Purple Ribbon, making him one of the leading illustrators of the Showa period.
All of his paintings of beautiful women are lustrous and have a unique beauty, which, according to the artist, is caused by the imbalance between the spirit and the body of the person depicted.
He said that beauty arises from the imbalance and distortion caused by the various mental movements of the painted figures, such as loneliness, wistfulness, joy, and pride.