Miyamoto Saburō
Miyamoto Saburō ( Japanese 宮本 三郎 ; born May 23, 1905 , in Ishikawa Prefecture ; died October 13, 1974 ) was a Japanese painter of the Yōga direction during the Shōwa period .
life and work
Miyamoto studied painting at the Kawabata Art School ( 川端 画 学校 , Kawabata gagakkō ) under Fujishima Takeji and at the Kansai Art Academy ( 関 西 美術 院 , Kansai Bijutsuin ). From 1938 to 1939 he continued his education in France at the Académie Ranson. Miyamoto was a long-time member of the Nika-kai ( 二 科 会 ) artists' association .
During the Pacific War , like many other painters, he worked as a war painter. For the painting “ Yamashita and Percival at the handover of Singapore” ( 山下 ・ パ ー シ バ ル 両 司令官 会見 図 , Yamashita, Pāshibaru ryō shireikan kaiken-zu ) which represents the handover negotiations between the Japanese commander Yamashita and the commander of Singapore, Percival , in 1942 , was awarded the Academy of Arts Prize. It is based on a press photo taken during the handover negotiations in 1942. - His painting “Surprise attack on Manado by the naval parachute troops” ( 海軍 落下 傘 部隊 メ ナ ド 奇襲 , Kaigun rakkasan butai Menado kishū ) from 1943, which depicts the air landing near Manado , received the Asahi Prize .
In 1946 Miyamoto became a lecturer at the Kanazawa College of Art. In 1947 he founded the Niki-kai ( 二 紀 会 ) with Kumagai Morikazu and other friends , of which he also became president. In 1955 he received a position at Tokyo University of Education. He was also a member of the Academy of Arts.
In 1980 the "Miyamoto Saburō Memorial Museum" ( 宮本 三郎 記念 美術館 ) was opened in the birthplace of Komatsu . In 1998, oil paintings, sketch sheets and other items were added from the estate, so that a renovation was carried out, which was opened in 2000. A branch museum was also opened in Tokyo in 1998.
literature
- Koike: Miyamoto Saburō . In: Kindai Nihon Bijin-ga Zenshū. Meisaku-sen III. Shueisha, 1979.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Miyamoto, Saburō |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 宮本 三郎 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ishikawa Prefecture |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 1974 |