Suita Soboku

Suita Sōboku ( Japanese 吹 田 草 牧 ; born September 1, 1890 in Osaka ; died November 8, 1983 ) was a Japanese painter of the Nihonga direction of the Taishō and Shōwa periods .

life and work

Suita's family made soy sauce and operated ships on the Yodo River and Setonaikai . However, the family gave up the business in 1909 and moved to Kyoto. There Sōboku began under the influence of his relative, the painter Kuroda Shigetarō (黒 田 重 太郎; 1887-1970) to be interested in painting in the Western style and began studying at the Kansai Bijutsuin (関 西 美術 院).

In 1912 he went to Tokyo and trained at the Aoibashi Teaching Institute (葵 橋 洋 画 研究所; Aoibashi yōga kenkyūjo). Then he was so impressed by the newly resurrected Nihon Bijutsuin that he returned to Kyoto in 1914 and, introduced by his old friend Irie Hakō , came to Takeuchi Seihō , where the somewhat older Tsuchida Bakusen taught him. At the 12th exhibition of the colorful in 1918 he was able to show a picture for the first time, "山村 に 春 近 し" (Yamamura ni haru chikashi, approaching spring in a mountain village), but this for the 1st exhibition of the Kokuga sōsaku kyōkai (国画 創作 協会) submitted image was rejected. The following year was successful at the 2nd exhibition with the picture "伊豆 夏 景" (Izu natsukei, summer landscape on Izu). Now the spell was broken: on the 3rd exhibition he showed "真 鶴 二月" (Manazuru nigatsu, cranes in February), on the 4th "郊外 秋景" (Kōgai shūkei, autumn landscape in front of the city), on the 5th "衣 笠 山"(Kinugasayama), on the 6th" 嵐山 更 秋 "(Arashiyama kōshū, autumn again in Arashiyama) and on the 7th exhibition" 醍醐 寺 泉 庭 "( Daigo-ji sentei, gardens at Daigo-ji). In 1924 he became a "friend" of the association and in 1926 a member.

In the meantime Suita, along with Kikuchi Keigetsu , Irie Hakō and others, had visited Europe. - After the dissolution of Kokuga sōsaku kyōkai in 1928, he and like-minded people founded the Shinjū-sha (新 樹 社) association, which, however, dissolved again after the second exhibition. In 1924 the picture "Arashiyama" (嵐山) was accepted at the 10th Teiten Exhibition, and he was able to exhibit there in the following years.

After the Pacific War , Suita did not submit any pictures for the Nitten exhibition. He moved to Tokyo in 1959 and then painted western-style pictures. From beginning to end he mainly painted landscapes and picturesque places in Tokyo. His late work was given a decorative note.

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Bunten is the abbreviation for the annual state art exhibition (文 展) for Mombushō bijutsu tenrankai ( 文部省 美術展 覧 会 ) from 1907 to 1918, Teiten ( 帝 展 ) is the abbreviation for follow-up facility (帝国美術展 覧 会 , Teikoku bijutsu -in tenrankai ) between 1919 and 1935. The successor from 1946, no longer state-owned, was called Nitten for ( 日本 美術展 覧 会 , Nihon bijutsu-in tenrankai ).

literature

• National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (ed.): Suita Soboku. In: Kyōto no Nihonga 1910–1930. National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 1986. ISBN 4-87642-117-X .

Web links (images)

• Suita: ポ ジ リ ポ の 漁家 (fishermen's houses in Posillipo ), 1923.
• Suita: 醍醐 寺 泉 庭 (gardens at Daigo-ji ), 1928.

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