Chūryō Satō
Chūryō Satō ( Japanese 佐藤 忠良 , Satō Chūryō ; born July 4, 1912 in Igu County ( 伊 具 郡 ) in Miyagi Prefecture ; died March 30, 2011 ) was a Japanese sculptor known for his bronze figures.
Live and act
Satō was born in Miyagi Prefecture, then grew up in Hokkaidō from 1917 to 1932 and began to paint. In 1937 he exhibited for the first time as part of the Kokugakai ( 国画 会 ). But he then switched to sculpture and made his 1939 in this subject at the Tokyo Art School ( Tōkyō bijutsu gakkō ), the forerunner of the Geidai . In the same year he participated in the establishment of a department for sculptors in the "New Society for Creative Work" ( 新 制作 派 協会 , Shin seisaku-ha kyōkai ). There he exhibited regularly in the following years. - In 1944 Satō was drafted and sent to Manchuria . There he was captured at the end of the war and spent three years in Siberia until he was released in 1948.
After his return in 1948 Satō settled in Tokyo and exhibited again regularly. His bronze head "Man from Gumma " ( 群 馬 の 人 , Gumma no hito ) from 1952 was purchased by the National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo . In 1978 Satō made a trip to Europe, visiting different countries.
When solo exhibitions took place in Paris and London in 1981, Satō visited France. He was accepted as a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts . In 1986 he became Professor eH at the private Zōkei University of Tokyo ( 東京 造形 大学 ), in 1989 he received the Asahi Shimbun newspaper award . In 1990 the Art Museum of Miyagi Prefecture ( 宮城 県 立 美術館 , Miyagi kenritsu bijutsukan ) in Sendai was expanded to include a wing for Satō, the Satō-Chūryō-Kinenkan ( 佐藤 忠良 記念 館 ). In 1992 Satō received the 41st Kahoku Culture Prize ( 河北 文化 賞 ).
To the work
Satō has dealt almost exclusively with the representation of people of all ages, either as a whole figure or limited to the head, never as a torso. His most famous head is that of the "man from Gumma", but also the head from 1978 with the designation "face of the man who set a record" ( 記録 を つ く っ た 男 の 顔 , Kiroku o tsukutta otoko no kao ), it is unmistakably the baseball player Sadaharu Oh , is remarkable. - In 1968, Satō posthumously created a bust of Takami Jun .
Satō was best known for his portrayal of girls or young women, whereby two lines can be distinguished. On the one hand there are the standing or sitting girls with wide (straw) hats, on the other hand the standing girls, often in jeans, with flirtatiously shifted hips to the side.
After all, there are numerous sculptures of children, as heads or whole figures.
Remarks
- ↑ There is a copy / variant also in Sendai.
literature
- Contempory Sculpture Center (Ed.): Buronzu no uta. Sato Churyo-ten . Exhibition catalog, 1981.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Satō, chūryō |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 佐藤 忠良 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1912 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 2011 |