Foujita (2015)

Foujita 2015 Japanese artist, Foujita, is Paris darling in the roaring twenties, loved for his delicate nudes After leaving his 1st wife, Fernande, he meets Lucie Badoud and names her Yuki snow in Japanese after her exquisitely pale skin Together with their friends Van Dongen, Kisling, Picasso, Modigliani amp Kiki, they go to all the parties On the outbreak of WWII, Foujita returns to Japan with his new Japanese wife, Kimiyo He exhibits his war paintings that are much darker than the delicate whites of his Paris period As the battles intensify, Foujita retreats to the country with Kimiyo and discover a Japan he never knew Foujita returns to France years later Here, newly naturalised, he takes on the French name Leonard and builds the chapel Notre Dame de la Paix in Reims, his final work