Fujikawa Yūzō

Mr. Bose, 1932.

Fujikawa Yūzō ( Japanese 藤 川 勇 造 ; born October 31, 1883 in Takamatsu ( Kagawa Prefecture ); died June 15, 1935 in Tōkyō ) was a Japanese sculptor of the Taishō and Shōwa period .

life and work

Fujikawa Yūzō was born in the city of Takamatsu in Shikoku as the son of a lacquerware artist. In 1908 he graduated from the "University of the Arts Tōkyō" (東京 美術 学校, Tokyō Bijutsu Gakkō), the forerunner of today's Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku . From 1909 to 1916 he stayed in France, where he worked from 1910 first as a pupil, then as an assistant under Rodin . When the artist community Nika-kai (二 科 二) opened a sculpture department in 1919, Fujikawa became one of the first members. In 1935 he became a member of the Academy of Arts , whereby he withdrew from the Nika-kai. He died suddenly that same year.

Rodin's strongly moving, expressive forms are less pronounced with Fujikawa, he preferred a compact style. Representative works are the bronzes "Hase" (兎, Usagi; 1910) and "Blonde" (1913) a girl's head, as well as the woman's head made of clay, "Susanne" (1913).

Remarks

1. ↑ In the Hakone Open Air Museum .

literature

• Tazawa, Yutaka: Fujikawa Yūzō . In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art . Kodansha International, 1981. ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .
• Laurance P. Roberts: Fujikawa Yūzō . In: A Dictionary of Japanese Artists . Weatherhill, 1976. ISBN 0-8348-0113-2 .

Web links

National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo is located u. a .:

• Fujikawa: Blonde

"Cultural Heritage online" shows u. a .:

• Fujikawa: Rabbit

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Fujikawa is the family name, Yūzō the first name.