A watercolor and ink on paper painting depicting an abstract circle composition. Signed lower right, Yoshihara. Jiro Yoshihara,1905 to 1972, was a Japanese painter, art educator, curator, and businessman. Mainly known for his gestural abstract impasto paintings from the 1950s and Zen painting inspired hard edge Circles beginning in the 1960s, Yoshiharas oeuvre also encompasses drawings, murals, sculptures, calligraphy, ink wash paintings, ceramics, watercolors, and stage design. Yoshihara was a key figure of postwar Japanese art and culture through his work as a painter, art educator, promoter of the arts, and networker between the arts, commerce, and industry in the Kansai region and beyond, and, especially, as the leader of the postwar avant garde art collective Gutai Art Association, which he co-founded in 1954. Modern Asian Fine Art, Abstract Oil Paintings, Wall Art, and Collectibles. One of a kind artwork. Postwar And Contemporary Asian Fine Art, Abstract Paintings And Wall Decor Collectibles.