Migishi Setsuko

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Setsuko in front of her house, around 1960
The Migishi Museum

Migishi Setsuko ( Japanese 三 岸 節 子 ; born January 3, 1905 ; died April 18, 1999 ) was a Japanese painter in Yōga - that is, in the western style.

Live and act

She was born as Yoshida Setsuko in a village near the Kiso-gawa River , which is now part of Ichinomiya City ( Aichi Prefecture ). She graduated from Aichi Shukutoku High School for Girls, the forerunner of today's Aichi Shukutoku University ( 愛 知 知 徳 大学 ). In 1921 she moved to Tōkyō, where she became a student of Okada Saburōsuke . The following year she entered the women's art school ( 女子 美術 学校 , Joshi bijutsu gakkō ), the forerunner of today's Joshi bijutsu daigaku, from which she graduated in 1924. In the same year she married the painter Migishi Kōtarō (1903-1934).

In 1925 her "self-portrait" ( 自 画像 , Jigazō ) and other pictures were exhibited at the third annual exhibition of the artist community Shunyō-kai ( 春陽 会 ). Then she exhibited at the "Independent Artists Association" ( 独立 美術 協会 , Dokuritsu bijutsu kyōkai ). Her husband died in 1934. It was the year in which she founded the artist community Jōso-kai. In 1935 she exhibited her painting "Interieur" and other pictures at the fifth annual exhibition of the "Independent Artist Community" and was awarded the Prize of the Artist Community. In the following year she became an external member of the artist community and also founded the "Seven Color Society" ( 七彩 会 , Nanasai-kai ) with Hasegawa Shigure ( 長谷川 時 雨 ; 1879–1941) and five other women .

In 1934 Setsuko became a member of the “New Creative Society” ( 新 制作 協会 ) at the invitation and exhibited there. In autumn 1945 Setsuko was able to show her pictures in the Nichidō gallery in the first solo exhibition after the war. In the following year she founded the "Association of Women Artists" ( 女流 画家 協会 , Joryū gaka kyōkai ) with other female painters , of which she was the center. In 1951, however, she left there.

In 1951 she won the Ministry of Culture ( 芸 術 選 奨 文 部 大臣 賞 , Geijtsu senshō mombudaijin shō ) for her painting "Gardenias" ( 梔子 , kuchinashi ). Her picture "Goldfische" ( 金魚 , Kingyo ), which she showed at the 15th exhibition of the "New Creative Society" in the same year, was bought by the Ministry of Culture. In 1941 her picture “Flowers” ​​( 花 , Hana ) was shown at the first São Paulo Biennale . From 1968 to 1989 she lived with the family of her son, also a painter, in Cagnes-sur-Mer (southern France). She then lived with her son in Véron , a village in the Yonne , Burgundy .

Setsuko's style has changed a lot over time, but what they have in common is a strong expression in their landscapes and flowers. In 1994 she was the first painter to be recognized by the Minister of Culture as a “ person with special cultural merits ”. After her death, the property of her parents' house was bought privately. A large museum for the collection was built there, the "Migishi Setsuko Kinen Bijutsukan" ( 岸 節 子 記念 美術館 ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Tazawa, Yutaka: Migishi Setsuko. In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art, Kodansha International, 1981. ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .
  2. ↑ See: Galerie Matsuda 2000

literature

  • Laurance P. Roberts: Migishi Setsuko . In: A Dictionary of Japanese Artists. Weatherhill, 1976. ISBN 0-8348-0113-2 .

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personal data
SURNAME Migishi, Setsuko
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 三 岸 節 子 (Japanese); Yoshida Setsuko (maiden name); 吉田 節 子 (maiden name, Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Ichinomiya (Aichi)
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1999