Ogisu Takanori

Around Paris, around 1929

Grave in the Montmartre cemetery

Ogisu Takanori ( Japanese 荻 須 高 徳 , signed in France with Oguiss ; born November 30, 1901 in Inazawa ; died October 14, 1986 in Paris ) was a Japanese painter in the Western Yōga style of the Shōwa period . He spent a large part of his life in Paris.

life and work

Born in Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture , Ogisu went to Tokyo in 1920 to become a painter. He studied at the Kawabata Painting School ( 川端 画 学校 , Kawabata Gagakkō ) under Fujishima Takeji , then went to the Tokyo Art School (forerunner of Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku ), where he graduated in 1929. In the same year, Ogisu and Yamaguchi Takeo visited the painter Saeki Yūzō , who had returned from France and who encouraged them to study in France. Ogisu and Yamaguchi followed the advice and went to Paris.

Ogisu's work was initially under the strong influence of Saeki. He exhibited at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Artistes Indepéndants , where he became a member. He later showed pictures in the Salon des Tuileries and the short-lived Salon du Mai. He also had solo exhibitions in the Katia Granroff Gallery in Paris, in other galleries in Paris, Geneva, Milan and in other cities in Europe. The Musée National d'Art Moderne bought one of his works in 1936 and 1937.

1940 Ogisu returned to Japan and became a member of the "New Creative Association" ( 新 制作 協会 , Shin seisaku kyōkai ). He also had solo exhibitions in Tokyo. In 1942 he was drafted and sent to French Indochina as a painter .

In 1948 Ogisu returned to France. He had a number of solo exhibitions in various European countries. Pictures of him were acquired by the Geneva Museum of Art and History and the Cairo Museum of Modern Art.

In 1956 Ogisu was awarded the Légion d'honneur . The French government owns four works and the city of Paris three works by him, each as at 1981. In 1978, the city of Paris took over the sponsorship of a retrospective entitled “My 50 Years in Paris” at the Chateau Bagadelle.

Ogisu's important works include “Rue Faubourg Saint Martin” (1950), “Cuisine de château-champagne” (1951) and “La Maison sur la voie” (1955).

In 1983 the city of Inazawa built the “Ogisu Memorial Museum of the City of Inazawa” ( 稲 沢 市 荻 須 記念 美術館 , Inazawa shiritsu Ogisu kinen bijutsukan ) for Ogisu , which, in addition to a selection of his works, also has a replica of his Parisian studio.

In 1981 Ogisu was honored as a person with special cultural merits , in 1986 he was awarded the Japanese Order of Culture - exceptionally posthumously .

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Ogisu Takanori . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 1130.
• Tazawa, Yutaka: Ogisu Takanori . In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art. Kodansha International, 1981. ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .

Web links

Commons : Ogisu Takanori  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Side of the Ogisu Museum in Inazawa, Japanese

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