Satomi Katsuzo

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Satomi Katsuzō ( Japanese 里 見 勝 蔵 ; born June 9, 1895 in Kyōto ; died May 13, 1981 ) was a Japanese painter of the Yōga direction during the Taishō and Shōwa periods .

life and work

Satomi Katsuzō began his art studies under Kanokogi Takeshirō at the Kansai Art Academy ( 関 西 美術 院 Kansai bijutsuin ), but then moved to the department of western-style painting of the Tōkyō State Art Academy ( 東京 美術 学校 Tōkyō bijutsu gakkō ). In 1917, when he was still in training, Satomi first appeared in public with the picture "Worker" ( 職工 Shokkō ) at the 4th annual Nika-kai exhibition ( 二 科 会 ) and with the picture "Landscape by the water “( 下 濱 風景 Shimohama fūkei ) at the 4th annual exhibition of Nihon Bijutsuin .

After graduating from the Tokyo Art School, Satomi went to France in 1921, where he studied under Vlaminck . His "note on the visit to Gachet" ( ガ シ ェ 訪問 記 , Gashe hōmonki) was printed in Japan in the literary-artistic magazine Shirakaba . From 1922 he studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière . During his stay in France, his contribution " See Rouault at the Paris exhibition" ( 巴里 の 展 覧 会 - ル オ ー の 展 覧 会 を 観 る - Pari no tenrankai - Ruō no tenrankai o miru ) was published in the magazine Chūō bijutsu ( 中央 美術 ). It was the first performance of this artist in Japan. - Satomi introduced Vlaminck to his younger colleague Saeki Yūzō .

In 1925 Satomi returned to Japan and showed at the 12th exhibition of the Nika-kai six pictures that had been created in France, including the "Memory of Marlene" ( マ リ ー ヌ の 記念 Marīnu no kinen ). For this he received the Chogyū Prize. In 1926 Satomi participated in the founding of the "1930 Society" ( 1930 年 協会 1930-nen kyōkai ), in 1927 he showed seven works at the 14th Nika-kai, including "Reclining Woman" ( 横 わ る 女 Yokotawaru onna ). He won the Nika Prize at this exhibition and became an associate member of the Nika-kai. In 1929 he left the 1930 Society and became a full member of the Nika-kai. But in the following year he separated from this society and participated in the "Society for Independent Art" ( 独立 美術 協会 Dokuritsu bijutsu kyōkai ). This society left Satomi in 1937 to be completely independent.

After the Pacific War , Satomi became a member of the Kokuga-kai ( 国画 会 ) in 1954 and has exhibited there ever since. In the same year he visited Europe again and met again with Vlaminck, Gachet and Zadkine .

Satomi took an anti-academic position from the beginning and was associated with Fauvism all her life. His representative works include “Akt” ( 裸 婦 Rafu ; 1926) and “Frau” ( 女 Onna ; 1936). He translated a book about Vlaminck and wrote one himself about him with the title "Vlaminck" ( ブ ラ マ ン ク Buramanku ). In 1995, on the occasion of his 100th birthday, a memorial exhibition was held at the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto.

Remarks

  1. ^ Paul Louis Gachet alias Louis van Ryssel (1873–1962), son of Dr. Paul Ferdinand Gachet , the sponsor of van Gogh . After his return to Japan, Satomi maintained intensive correspondence with Paul Louis Gachet, cf. Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (Ed.): Van Gogh and Japan , 2017.
  2. ↑ The Chogyū Prize ( 樗 牛 賞 Chogyū-shō ) is named after the art critic Takayama Chogyū .

literature

  • Tazawa, Yutaka: Satomi Katsuzō . In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art . Kodansha International, 1981, ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .
  • Laurance P. Roberts: Satomi Katsuzō . In: A Dictionary of Japanese Artists . Weatherhill, 1976, ISBN 0-8348-0113-2 .

Web links

Pictures in the National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo (selection):

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Satomi is the family name, Katsuzō the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Satomi, Katsuzo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 里 見 勝 蔵 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Kyoto
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 1981