Uemura Shōkō

Uemura Shōkō ( Japanese 上 村 松 篁 ; born April 4, 1902 in Kyōto ; died March 11, 2001 ) was a Japanese painter of the Nihonga direction of the Shōwa period .

life and work

Uemura Shōko was born in Kyoto; his mother was the painter Uemura Shōen . In 1921 he began studying at the Kyōto municipal art school ( 京都 市立 絵 画 専 門 学校 Kyōto shiritsu kaiga semmon gakkō ) and in the same year was able to paint the picture “ Autumn Beginning in a Garden” ( 閑庭 迎秋Kantei geishū ) demonstrate. In 1928 he was specially honored at the Teiten and regularly showed pictures there and at the successor institution, the Shin-Bunter. He finished his studies in 1930 and was assistant professor there in 1936 and professor there in 1953, when the survey for college ( 京都 市立 美術 大学 Kyōto shiritsu bijutsu daigaku ) was raised. In 1968 Uemura retired.

After the Pacific War , Uemura exhibited in the Nitten, but then participated in 1948, together with Yamamoto Kyūjin , Yoshioka Kenji , Okumura Kōichi ( 奥 村 厚 一 ; 1904–1974), Akino Fuku ( 秋 野 不 矩 ; 1908–2001) and others, at the establishment of the group "Creative Art" ( 創造 美術 Sōzō bijutsu ). In 1951 this group merged with the "New Society of the Creative Direction" ( 新 制作 派 協会 Shin seisakuha kyōkai ), a group of painters in the so-called Western style ( 洋 画 yōga ), to form the "New Creative Society" ( 新 制作 協会 Shin seisaku kyōkai ). The members of the "creative arts" formed the most important group of the Nihonga direction.

In 1959, Uemura received the Minister of Education Award ( 芸 術 選 奨 文 部 大臣 賞 Geijutsu senshō mombu daijin shō ) and in 1967 the Grand Prize of the Minister of Education. In 1974 Uemura, Yamamoto and others separated from the New Creative Society and founded the "Creative Painting Association" ( 創 画 会 ), with Uemura becoming one of the leading members. With his "flowers-and-birds-pictures" ( 花鳥画 Kachō-ga ) Uemura tried to further develop the painting style of the Maruyama Shijō school . He also visited tropical areas, which also influenced his painting style with their brightness. - In 1983 he was named the Person of Special Cultural Merit , in 1984 he was awarded the Order of Culture .

Representative works are “ Night Heron ” ( 星 五位 Hoshigoi ; 1958) in the National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo and “Glitzernder Regen” ( 燦 雨 San'u ; 1972) in the artist's estate.

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Teiten ( 帝 展 ) is the abbreviation for the annual state art exhibition ( 帝国 美術展 覧 会 Teikoku bijutsuin 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 preceded by a shin ( 新 ) for “new”. Since 1947 the exhibition has been called Nitten for Nihon bijutsu tenrankai ( 帝国 美術展 覧 会 ) , no longer state-owned .

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Uemura Shōkō . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993. ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 1643.
• Tazawa, Yutaka: Uemura Shōkō . In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art . Kodansha International, 1981, ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .

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