Miçao Kono

A Japanese painter who settled in Paris in the early 1920s, Miçao Kono (1900-1979) became known for his female nudes, portraits and flower pieces, whose pastel palette suited Art Deco interiors. He exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in 1927 and at the Galerie Georges Bernheim in 1929. The Meguro Museum of Art in Tokyo held a retrospective of his work in 1997-1998.