Abstract
Johannes Itten (1888-1967), the first director of the Preliminary Course at the Bauhaus (1919-1933), is said to have been influenced by Asian thought. He placed the concept of "contrast" at the center of his education. After retiring from the Bauhaus, Itten founded his own private art school in Berlin, Ittenschule (1926-1934). The details of the Ittenschule were not very well known. However, careful examination reveals some contacts between this German school and Japan. Itten studied Sumi-e (paintings using Asian brush techniques and sumi-ink). In 1931, ShounanMizukoshi gave lectures on Nanga (a kind of Sumi-e) to Itten and his studentsat the Ittenschule. The following year, two Japanese students from Jiyugauen-school, Mitsuko Yamamuro (1911-1999) and Kazuko Imai Sasagawa (1910-2001) studied at the school. Then, in 1933 Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934) was asked to give lectures on Sumi-e there. In this essay, based on the details of this educational relationship, I consider the influence of Japanese painters on Itten's Art Education and how Itten's Art Education was introduced into Japan.
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