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1902 Uwajima, Ehime, Japan - 1999. Known for: Paintings of symbolic creatures, mountains, animals, printmaking.
Umetaro Azechi or Azechi Umetaro, December 28, 1902 – April 12, 1999 was a Japanese printmaker and mountain climber. He was known for his prints of mountains and people who live in them. Azechi was... Read full biography
Umetaro Azechi or Azechi Umetaro, December 28, 1902 – April 12, 1999 was a Japanese printmaker and mountain climber. He was known for his prints of mountains and people who live in them. Azechi was born on December 28, 1902 to a poor farming family in what is now Uwajima, Ehime. He enrolled in an... Read full biography
Umetaro Azechi or Azechi Umetaro, December 28, 1902 – April 12, 1999 was a Japanese printmaker and mountain climber. He was known for his prints of mountains and people who live in them. Azechi was born on December 28, 1902 to a poor farming family in what is now Uwajima, Ehime. He enrolled in an art correspondence course where he would send his work to Tokyo for critique. In 1920 he had the opportunity to move there, but returned home to Shikoku after the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake. He moved... Read full biography
Umetaro Azechi or Azechi Umetaro, December 28, 1902 – April 12, 1999 was a Japanese printmaker and mountain climber. He was known for his prints of mountains and people who live in them. Azechi was born on December 28, 1902 to a poor farming family in what is now Uwajima, Ehime. He enrolled in an art correspondence course where he would send his work to Tokyo for critique. In 1920 he had the opportunity to move there, but returned home to Shikoku after the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake. He moved back to Tokyo in 1925, where he worked for a printing company. Azechi's prints were noticed by Unichi Hiratsuka, who took him under his wing. He belonged to the Japan Print Association and the Kokugakai Arts Association. After his works were shown in... Read full biography
Umetaro Azechi or Azechi Umetaro, December 28, 1902 – April 12, 1999 was a Japanese printmaker and mountain climber. He was known for his prints of mountains and people who live in them. Azechi was born on December 28, 1902 to a poor farming family in what is now Uwajima, Ehime. He enrolled in an art correspondence course where he would send his work to Tokyo for critique. In 1920 he had the opportunity to move there, but returned home to Shikoku after the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake. He moved back to Tokyo in 1925, where he worked for a printing company. Azechi's prints were noticed by Unichi Hiratsuka, who took him under his wing. He belonged to the Japan Print Association and the Kokugakai Arts Association. After his works were shown in some of their exhibitions, he quit his job and became a freelance artist. During this time, he was heavily influenced by Maegawa S... Read full biography
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Umetaro Azechi or Azechi Umetaro, December 28, 1902 – April 12, 1999 was a Japanese printmaker and mountain climber. He was known for his prints of mountains and people who live in them.
Azechi was born on December 28, 1902 to a poor farming family in what is now Uwajima, Ehime. He enrolled in an art correspondence course where he would send his work to Tokyo for critique. In 1920 he had the opportunity to move there, but returned home to Shikoku after the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake. He moved back to Tokyo in 1925, where he worked for a printing company.
Azechi's prints were noticed by Unichi Hiratsuka, who took him under his wing. He belonged to the Japan Print Association and the Kokugakai Arts Association. After his ...But wait, there's more...
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