Hayashi Takeshi

Hayashi Takeshi ( Japanese 林 武 , actually: Hayashi Takeomi ( 林 武臣 ); born December 10, 1896 in Tokyo Prefecture ; died June 23, 1975 ibid.) Was a Japanese painter in Yōga - i.e. in the Western style, during the Shōwa time .

life and work

Takeshi was the son of the linguist Hayashi Mikaomi ( 林 甕 臣 ; 1845-1922). He was a classmate of Tōgō Seiji and also showed artistic talent early on. First he enrolled at Waseda University , but dropped out, tried other universities and dropped out again. After all, he made his way through life delivering newspapers and selling milk. In 1920 he began studying at the Tokyo University of the Arts, the forerunner of the Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku .

The following year, Takeshi won the Chogyū Prize for a work that he exhibited at the eighth exhibition of the Nika-kai ( 二 科 会 ) artist community . In 1922 he received the Nika Prize. In 1926 he was one of the founding members of the "1930 Society", and in 1930 he supported the "Independent Artist Community " ( 独立 美術 協会 ; Dokuritsu bijutsu kyōkai ). In 1934 Takeshi went to Europe for a year.

In 1949 Takeshi won the first Mainichi Prize of Fine Arts for the painting "A Woman Combing Her " ( 櫛 梳 る 女 , Kushi kezuru onna ), with which he became famous. From 1952 to 1963 he was a professor at the Tokyo University of the Arts . In 1967 Hayashi was awarded the Japanese Order of Culture .

Initially influenced by Derain and Matisse , Takeshi developed his own, more cubist style. In addition to oil paintings, his graphic work is extensive. Well-known works are “Coiffeuse” ( コ ワ フ ュ ー ズ , Kowafyūzu ; 1935), “ Towada Lake ” ( 十 和田 湖畔 ; 1953) and “Notre Dame” (1960). In his book entitled "Living in Beauty - My Image Theory Based on Experience" ( 美 に 生 き る 、 私 の 体 験 的 絵 画 論 , Bi ni ikiru - watakushi no taikenteki kaiga-ron ), which was published by Kōdansha in 1965, gives he provides information about the difficulties in the first half of his life and explains his ideas for composition.

Remarks

1. ↑ The Chogyū Prize ( 樗 牛 賞 ) is named after the writer and critic Takayama Chogyū .

literature

• Japan Foundation (Ed.): Japanese Painting in the Western Style, 19th and 20th Centuries. Exhibition catalog, Cologne, 1985.
• Tazawa, Yutaka: Hayashi Takeshi . In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art . Kodansha International, 1981, ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .

Web links

• Hayashi's paintings are in the possession of the state museums

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Hayashi is the family name, Takeshi the first name.