Katsuda Tetsu

Katsuda Tetsu ( Japanese 勝 田 哲 , actually Katsuda Tetsuzō (勝 田 哲 三); born July 8, 1896 in Kyoto ; died November 17, 1980 ) was a Japanese painter of the Nihonga direction of the Taishō and Shōwa periods .

life and work

Katsuda Tetsu initially wanted to be a painter in the "Western style" ( Yōga ) and enrolled in the corresponding department of the Tōkyō Art School (東京 美術 学校, Tōkyō bijutsu gakkō). Then he taught himself to paint in the "Japanese style" ( Nihonga ). Immediately after graduating in 1920, he went to the "City College of Painting" (京都 市立 絵 画 専 門 学校, Kyōto shiritsu kaiga semmon gakkō) in Kyoto to continue his education in the Nihonga style. There he graduated in 1925, but continued his studies, which he completed in 1930. During this time he made copies in the Byōdō-in in Uji and also in the Hōkai-ji in Hino.

From 1925 Katsuda joined the Sanae group (早苗 会) of Yamamoto Shunkyo . In 1926 his picture of the geisha "お 夏" (Onatsu) was accepted at the 7th Teiten exhibition. He was also able to show his pictures on the following pages. His 1929 picture "天草四郎" (Amakusa Shirō) and the picture "征 旅 （ジ ャ ン ヌ ・ ダ ル ク）" (Seiryo ( Jeanne d'Arc )) from 1931 received a special award. At the “Exhibition of Japanese Painting” in Berlin in 1931, Katsuda was represented with the painting “Young Dancer”.

From 1932 Katsuda could exhibit without a jury. From this time on, his pictures became more emotional, with historical events often being his subjects. From 1936 he taught at the "Municipal School for Arts and Crafts Kyōto" (京都 市立 美術 工 芸 学校, Kyōto shiritsu kōgei gakkō) and exhibited at the Shin-Bunter. After the war he worked at the Hiyoshigaoka Municipal High School (京都 市立 日 吉 ヶ 丘 高校). He exhibited at the Nitten and became a member there in 1961. In his later phase, Katsuda mainly painted genre pictures with depictions of women related to the present.

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Teiten ( 帝 展 ) is the abbreviation for the annual state art exhibition ( 帝国 美術展 覧 会 , Teikoku bijutsu-in tenrankai ) between 1919 and 1935. The predecessor from 1907 to 1918 was called Bunten (文 展) for Mombushō bijutsu tenrankai ( 文部省 美術展 覧 会 ), the successor from 1936 to 1944, a shin (新) for “new” was placed in front of it. The successor from 1946, now no longer state-owned, was called Nitten for ( 日本 美術展 覧 会 , Nihon bijutsu-in tenrankai ).
2. ↑ Amakusa Shirō (1621-1638) was the leader of the Shimabara rebellion .

literature

• National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (ed.): Katsuda Tetsu In: Kyōto no Nihonga 1910–1930. National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 1986. ISBN 4-87642-117-X .
• Laurance P. Roberts: Katsuda Tetsu . In: A Dictionary of Japanese Artists. Weatherhill, 1976. ISBN 0-8348-0113-2 .

Web links (images)

At the National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo :

• Katsuda: "雨" - rain, 1942

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