Nearly 40 works by Japanese artist Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita found by museum

TOKYO (REUTERS).- Nearly 40 previously unknown works by Japanese artist Leonard Foujita, who made a name for himself in pre-World War Two Paris and was an acquaintance of Picasso and Matisse, have been discovered by a Japanese museum. Combining Japanese ink techniques with Western-style painting, Foujita — a noted cat lover — became especially known for his paintings of naked women and cats. The Pola Museum of Art in Hakone, a mountain resort town just west of Tokyo, said the 37 pieces were [...]