Ishii Shigeo

Ishii Shigeo ( Japanese 石井 茂雄 ; born 1933 in Tōkyō ; died August 8, 1962 ) was a Japanese painter of the Yōga direction during the Shōwa period .

life and work

Ishii Shigeo, a cousin of Yoko Ono , became a student of Miwa Takashi at the Asagaya Art School in 1945 ( 阿佐 ヶ 谷 美術 専 門 学校 , Asagaya bijutsu semmon gakkō ). He then switched to the Bunka Gakuin ( 文化 学院 ) founded by Nishimura Isaku , where he graduated in 1950. In 1955 he founded the "Discussion for Artists" ( 製作 者 懇談 会 , Seisakusha kondankai ). In 1956 works were purchased at the Peace and Friendship Festival of the Soviet Union.

In 1958, Ishii began studying with Sugano Yō. In 1959 he became a member of the "Club of Avant-garde Artists of Japan" ( 日本 ア ヴ ァ ン ギ ャ ル ド 美術 家 ク ラ ブ , Nihon avangyarudo bijutsuka kurabu ). In 1960 he received the Japanese Graphics Association Prize.

The exacerbation of his chronic asthma resulted in early death in 1960.

photos

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  "War room", 1955

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  "Unsafe City", 1956

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  "Acrobatics", 1956

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  "Acrobatics", 1957

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  Talent B, 1960

1. ↑ ^{a b} From the violence series.

literature

• Schaarschmidt-Richter, Irmtraud (Ed.): Ishii Shigeo . In: The other modern. Japanese painting from 1910 to 1970 . Edition Stemmle, 1999. ISBN 3-908161-85-1 .

Web links

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