Below is a glossary article post in the category R which discusses the explanation of the meaning, definition and meaning of the acronym, term, jargon, or termonology of Reportage Painting based on summaries from various types of sources (references) that are relevant, related, and trustworthy.
Understanding Reportage Painting
So, what is actually meant by Reportage Painting?
The reportage layer is the post-war art movement that appeared in the early 1950s contrary to the presence of the American military in Japan, and tried to express the inherent contradictions from the post-war Japanese society that they saw as a puppet state for America for America for America.
Explanation of Reportage Painting
The paintings produced by artists related to the movement are realists in style, ensuring their political messages can be easily understood. Many focus on unfair treatment of the Japanese people, both by the government and US troops. A good example of this is the Ikeda Tatsuo 10,000 counts, 1954 which depicts Japanese fishing boats that have been emitted by the impact of the thermonuclear bomb tests conducted by America in Atoll bikini. Other paintings documented land grabbing forced by the government to build a base for the US military.
Artists associated with Reportage paintings are Nakamura Hiroshi, Ikeda Tatsuo, Yamashita Kikuji and Ishii Shigeo.
Moreover, as we have seen above, this term is one of a collection of dictionaries, acronyms, terms, jargon, or terminology in the field of arts that begins with an alphabet or prefix R, as well as terms associated with R.
Meaning of Reportage Painting in the English, Indonesian (Including Javanese and Sundanese), and Malaysian Translation Dictionary
Apart from discussing the meaning and discussion of the definition, to deepen it further, here we also need to know what the word means in the English, Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese) translation dictionaries, as well as Malaysia (Malay).
For easy understanding, in this glossary post, we will explain it in the form of a list of translations of terms from various types of languages as follows:
- English; Terminology = Reportage Painting.
- Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese translations); Terminology = Lukisan reportase (Indonesian), Lukisan laporan (Java), and Lukisan laporan in Sundanese.
- Malaysian; Terminology = Lukisan Laporan.
Closing
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Footnotes
This glossary post was created by referring to the conclusions of the meaning of definitions from various authoritative relevant references such as Wikipedia, Britannica and several other sources such as MoMA, Tate, ModernArts, and so on. This word is one of a collection of terminology in the field of Art which begins with the alphabet or prefix R. This article wasupdated in Dec of 2025.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=reportage-painting
- https://www.britannica.com/search?query=reportage-painting
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