Tamaki Suekazu

Tamaki portrait Ukichi, 1926

Tamaki Suekazu ( Japanese 玉 城 末 一 ; born 1897 in Sakai ; died 1943 ) was a Japanese painter of the Nihonga direction of the Taishō and early Shōwa period .

life and work

Tamaki Suekazu graduated in 1916 from the Department of Painting of the "Municipal School of Arts and Crafts Kyōto " (京都 市立 美術 工 芸 Ky | Kyōto shiritsu bijutsu kōgei gakkō) and then in 1919 from the “Municipal School of Painting” (京都 市立 絵 画 専 門学校 | Kyōto shiritsu kaiga semmon gakkō). In 1922 a picture of him was accepted for the first time at the 4th Teiten exhibition, namely "小便 部屋" (Shoben heya, Pinkelbude). He then moved to the first spring exhibition of the "„ 創作 協会 "(Kokuga sōsaku kyōkai) in 1925 and remained loyal to these exhibitions in the following years. In 1926 his picture of a young man "宇 吉" (Ukichi) was awarded the exhibition association's sponsorship prize. In the following year he showed the pictures "春" (Haru, spring) and "団 欒" (Danran, gathering) and in 1928 "少女" (Shōjo, young girl) and "金魚" (Kingyo, goldfish). In 1927 he was accepted as a member of the association, which, however, disbanded the following year. He then founded the "新 樹 社" (Shin'yu-sha) with painter friends.

Tamaki designed the everyday life of his surroundings with strong colors in decorative form and developed a very personal style of portraying people. The Shin'yu-sha dissolved after two exhibitions, Tamaki withdrew more and more. - At the Japanese Painting Exhibition in Berlin in 1931, his painting “Setsuko” was shown.

Remarks

1. ↑ Teiten ( 帝 展 ) is the abbreviation for the annual state art exhibition ( 帝国 美術展 覧 会 , Teikoku bijutsu-in tenrankai ) between 1919 and 1935. The predecessor from 1907 to 1918 was called Bunten (文 展) for Mombushō bijutsu tenrankai ( 文部省 美術展 覧 会 ), the successor from 1936 to 1944 was called Shin- (新) -Bunten, ie "New Bunten".

literature

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

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