Kitawaki Noboru

"Udo", 1937

Kitawaki Noboru ( Japanese 北 脇 昇 ; born June 4, 1901 in Nagoya ; died December 18, 1951 in Kyoto ) was a Japanese surrealist painter during the Shōwa period .

life and work

Kitawaki was born in Nagoya, but grew up in Kyoto. There he studied painting first under Kanokogi Takeshirō and then at the school for painting of Tsuda Seifū . In 1932 he received the 1st prize at the 19th exhibition of the artist group Nika-kai ( 二 科 会 ). In the thirties he was influenced by surrealism, but integrated geometrical forms and images from science, philosophy, religion and oracles into his paintings. In 1933 he was involved with Fukuzawa Ichirō and many others in founding the "Institute for Independent Art, Kyōto" ( 独立 美術 京都 研究所 ). In the following years he was involved in further founding of artist associations, such as B. the Sōki bijutsu kyōkai and the "Club of Young Artists in Kyōto" ( 京都 青年 芸 術 家 ク ラ ブ , Kyōto its geijutsuka kurabu ).

Kitawaki took part in 1946 in the establishment of the "Study Society for Art and Culture" ( 美術 文化 協会 , Bijutsu bunka kyōkai ) and in 1947 in the establishment of the club of Japanese avant-garde artists. He died in Kyoto in 1951.　

photos

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  Airfield, 1937

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  Nights, 1937

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  Analysis, 1941

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  Autumn apparition, 1945

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  Self-portrait, 1949

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  Quo vadis, 1949

Remarks

1. ↑ Udo ( ウ ド ) is the Japanese name for Aralia cordata .
2. ↑ This picture was shown at the exhibition Japanese Painting in Western Style 1985 in the Museum for East Asian Art in Cologne.

literature

• Schaarschmidt-Richter, Irmtraud (ed.): Kitawaki Noboru . In: The other modern. Japanese painting from 1910 to 1970 . Edition Stemmle, 1999. ISBN 3-908161-85-1 .
• Japan Foundation (Ed.): Kitawaki Noboru . In: Japanese painting in the western style, 19th and 20th centuries . Exhibition catalog, Cologne, 1985.
• Laurance P. Roberts: Kitawaki Noboru . In: A Dictionary of Japanese Artists . Weatherhill, 1976. ISBN 0-8348-0113-2 .

Web links

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