Kanayama Heizō

Self-Portrait 1909

Kanayama Heizō ( Japanese 金山 平 三 ; born December 18, 1883 in Kobe ; died July 15, 1964 ) was a Japanese painter in the Yōga style of the Taishō and Shōwa periods .

life and work

act

Kanayama completed his training in 1909 at the Tōkyō Bijutsu Gakkō (forerunner of the Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku ) in the subject "Western painting" (Yōga). He enrolled in an advanced course but left school in 1911. The following year, Kanayama went to Europe and stayed there until 1905.

After his return he showed pictures at the exhibition of the Ministry of Culture. Two of his works were awarded prizes during this time: “ Inland Sea in Summer” ( 夏 の 内海 , Natsu no Naikai ) in 1915 and “Skating on the ice” ( 氷 滑 り , Kōri suberi ) the following year.

1919 Kanayama was a teacher at the "High School for Girls Tōkyō" (today Tōkyō joshi gakuen). After the first Teiten exhibition, which took place in the same year, he became a juror there. When the Akademie der Künste was reorganized, he withdrew from the exhibition in 1935. In 1944 he was appointed court artist ( 帝室 芸 妓 員 , Teishitsu gigei-in ).

After the end of the Pacific War , Kanayama became a juror for the successor exhibition of the Teiten, now called "Nitten" ( Nihon bijutsu tenrankai ). But he soon withdrew and from then on showed his works at private exhibitions. In 1956, the Takashimaya department store chain held a retrospective in Tōkyō. In 1957 he became a member of the Academy of Fine Arts.

Kanayama's birthplace, Kobe, set up a room for him within the Art Museum of Hyōgo Prefecture in which pictures of him can be seen constantly. In addition to the works already mentioned, the following give an overview of his work: “Under the Apple Tree (Bretagne)” ( 林檎 の 下 （ブ ル タ ー ニ ュ） , Ringo no shita (Burutānyu) ; 1915); “Chrysanthemums” ( 菊 , Kiku ; 1928), “Shimosuwa ice rink” ( 下 諏 訪 の リ ン ク , Shimosuwa no rinku ; 1922), “After the rain” ( 雨 の 後 , Ame o nochi ; 1957) and “ Flying a kite” ( 凧揚 げ , Tako-age ; 1957 to 1960).

photos

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  Under the apple tree, 1915

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  Summer at the Inland Sea, 1916

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  On the Mogami River, 1948

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  By the sea, 1945 to 1956

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  April in Wainai, 1956

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  Permanent exhibition

Remarks

1. ↑ Until 1918 the exhibition was called "Mombushō bijutsu tenrankai" ("Colorful"), then "Teiten" (Teikoku bijutsu tenrankai).
2. ↑ Wainai ( 和 井内 ) is a place in Iwate Prefecture .
3. ↑ In the Hyogo Prefecture Art Museum.

literature

• Japan Foundation (Ed.): Japanese Painting in the Western Style, 19th and 20th Centuries. Exhibition catalog, Cologne, 1985.
• Tazawa, Yutaka: Kanayama Heizō . In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art. Kodansha International, 1981. ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .
• Laurance P. Roberts: Kanayama Heizō . In: A Dictionary of Japanese Artists. Weatherhill, 1976. ISBN 0-8348-0113-2 .

Web links

• Kanayama Gallery

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