Matazo Kayama - Artist Info

About Matazo Kayama

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Kayama Matazo
  • Biography

    Matazo Kayama was a Japanese Nihonga* painter of the 20th century, born in Kyoto in 1927. He was a painter who employed a mixed technique. In 1949, he graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts with a degree in painting. Around 1960 he traveled, gave exhibitions, and held conferences abroad.

    Starting in 1950, he participated in expositions of The Association of Young Artists (Shinseisaku gakai), wherein he was awarded four times. From 1958 on, he participated in international expositions of modern Japanese artists. In 1967, he also participated in the exhibition Masterpieces of Modern Japanese Painting at the State Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg and at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow.

    In 1957, he was granted the Youn...

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