Luis Nishizawa

Luis Nishizawa Flores (born February 2, 1918 in Cuautitlán , México , † September 29, 2014 in Toluca , México) was a Mexican artist.

biography

Nishizawa was born in 1918 to the Japanese Kenji Nishizawa from Nagano and the Mexican María de Jesús Flores. From 1942 he studied at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas (ENAP) of the UNAM , which emerged from the Academia de San Carlos , and then continued his education in Japan in the form of courses in the field of ceramics and sculpture . In 1951 he had his first solo exhibition in Mexico.

From 1955 he lectured at ENAP, but he did not feel that the task alone was being used to full capacity. He is one of the most important Mexican landscape painters . His style moves between realism , abstract expressionism and poetic realism. In addition to painting and wall painting , he also dealt with wood painting and sculpture. In 1987 he became a member of the Academia de Artes . Most recently he taught and worked in Toluca, where he had converted an 18th century house into a museum and studio.

Web links

Commons : Luis Nishizawa  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Muere el pintor Luis Nishizawa a los 96 años. ( Memento of the original from October 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: La Jornada of September 29, 2014 (accessed September 30, 2014). 
2. ↑ Mexican landscape painter Luis Nishizawa died. In: Focus from September 30, 2014 (accessed September 30, 2014).
3. ↑ Fallece el gran artista plástico Luis Nishizawa. In: El Economista of September 29, 2014 (Spanish, accessed September 30, 2014).
4. ↑ Escultura - Luis Nishizawa. ( Memento of December 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Entry on the Academia de Artes homepage (Spanish).