Tomonori Toyofuku
Tomonori Toyofuku ( Japanese 豊 福 知 徳 ; born February 18, 1925 in Kurume ( Fukuoka Prefecture ); † May 18, 2019 in Fukuoka ) was a Japanese sculptor of the Shōwa period .
life and work
Toyofuku Tomonori was born in Kurume. He studied from 1946 to 1948 the design of wooden figures under Tominaga Chōdō ( 冨 永 朝堂 , 1897-1987), who lived in nearby Dazaifu at the time . From 1950 he exhibited at the "New Creative Society" ( 新 製作 協会 Shin Seisaku Kyōkai ) and in 1956 was the Society's Prize. The following year he was also accepted as a member. In 1959 he was awarded the " Takamura Kōtarō Prize", awarded for the second time, for his work "Let yourself drift" ( 漂流 Hyōryō ) . In 1960 he was sent to the 30th Venice Biennale as one of the representatives of Japan . He then stayed in Italy, with Milan becoming his residence. He exhibited at solo exhibitions in Milan, but also in many countries around the world and gained international fame. In 1978 he received the "Great Art Prize of Japan", which is awarded by the "Shinchō Bungei Shinkōkai" ( 新潮 文 芸 振興 会 ).
After initially concrete sculptures, Toyofuku's works became largely abstract, consisting of hollow wooden cylinders and plates with large and small holes that show a kind of chisel marks and thus indicate woodworking. He also designed sculptures as high as a house in the open air, such as the 1994 peace memorial “Na no Tsūfukukan” ( 那 の 津 往還 ), for example “Homecoming from [Chi] Na”, which is located in Hakata, in the port city where those who were displaced and returned from the war at the end of the war went ashore from China, or the "Garden of Stone Voices" ( 石 声 庭 Sekishōtei ) in his hometown Kurume, a gigantic stone building that merges into a waterfall on one side.
Web links (images)
At the National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo :
At the Osaka National Museum of International Art :
literature
- Tazawa, Yutaka: Toyofuku Tomonori . In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art. Kodansha International, 1981. ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Japanese sculptor Tomonori Toyofuku dies at 94 mainichi.jp, accessed June 11, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Toyofuku, Tomonori |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 豊 福 知 徳 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kurume ( Fukuoka Prefecture ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 2019 |
| Place of death | Fukuoka |