Fukuda Toyoshirō

Fukuda Toyoshirō ( Japanese 福田豊四郎 , actual spelling Fukuda Toyoshirō ( 福田豊城 ); born November 27, 1904 in Akita Prefecture ; died September 27, 1970 ) was a Japanese painter of the Nihonga direction.

life and work

After completing his training at the Kyōto Municipal Art School ( 京都市立絵画専門学校 Kyōto shiritsu kaiga semmon gakkō ) Fukuda became a student of Tsuchida Bakusen . In 1924 he won first prize at an exhibition of the "Society for National Creative Painting" ( 国画創作協会 Kokuga sōsaku kyōkai ). He then went to Tōkyo to continue his education under Kawabata Ryūshi . Fukuda took part in the founding of the group "Green Dragon" ( 青龍社 Seiryū-sha ) in 1929 and exhibited there annually until he left the group in 1933. In the following year he joined Yoshioka Kenji ( 吉岡堅二 ; 1906–1990), Komatsu Hitoshi ( 小松均 ; 1902–1989), Iwahashi Eien ( 岩橋英遠 ; 1903–1999) and others when one called the “Study Society for New Nihonga “( 新日本画研究会 Shin Nihonga kenkyūkai ) founded. With Yoshioka Kenji and others, he founded the "New Artists Association" ( 新美術人協会 Shin bijutsujin kyōkai ) in 1938 with the aim of creating a new type of Nihonga.

Fukuda won his first major prize at the 5th Teiten Exhibition in 1924 and was then able to continue exhibiting there. On the 11th part in 1930 he won another major prize. - During the Pacific War , he also created pictures depicting the war in Southeast Asia.

In 1948 he founded together with Yoshioka, Yamamoto Kyūjin ( 山本丘人 ; 1900–1986), Uemura Shōkō ( 上村松篁 ; 1902–2001) and others the "creative art" ( 創造美術 Sōzō bijutsu ), which in 1951 with the “ Wing of the New Creative Society ”( 新制作派教会 Shin seisaku-ha kyōkai ) merged into“ New Creative Society ”( 新制作協会 Shin seisaku kyōkai ).

Fukuda's pre-war work was more lyrical and included folk art, but after the war he painted more modern, bolder, and composed events as if they were happening at the same time. He and Yoshioka became the leading members of the New Creative Society. - His representative works include “Dancing Girls” ( 踊る娘たち Odoru musumetachi ) and “ Clam divers ” ( 海女 Ama ), the latter owned by the National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo .

Remarks

↑ Teiten ( 帝展 ) is the abbreviation for Teikoku bijutsu tenrankai ( 帝国美術展覧会 ), a state exhibition series.
↑ Uemura was shown at the Japanese Painting Exhibition in Berlin in 1931 .

literature

Tazawa, Yutaka: Fukuda Toyoshirō . In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art . Kodansha International, 1981, ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .

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personal data
SURNAME	Fukuda, Toyoshirō
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	福田豊四郎 (Japanese); Fukuda, Toyoshirō (real name); 福田豊城 (Japanese, real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese painter
DATE OF BIRTH	November 27, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH	Akita Prefecture
DATE OF DEATH	September 27, 1970

[1] Teiten ( 帝展 ) is the abbreviation for Teikoku bijutsu tenrankai ( 帝国美術展覧会 ), a state exhibition series.

[2] Uemura was shown at the Japanese Painting Exhibition in Berlin in 1931 .