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1916 Tokyo - 1985. Known for: Painting, calligraphy.
Yuichi Inoue, who was an iconic post-war artist in the Modern Calligraphy circle in Japan, was born in Tokyo, 1916. In 1925, Yiuchi founded the Bokujinkai group, an association for the avant-garde... Read full biography
Yuichi Inoue, who was an iconic post-war artist in the Modern Calligraphy circle in Japan, was born in Tokyo, 1916. In 1925, Yiuchi founded the Bokujinkai group, an association for the avant-garde calligraphy artists. With such background, Yiuchi believed that calligraphy should be liberated from... Read full biography
Yuichi Inoue, who was an iconic post-war artist in the Modern Calligraphy circle in Japan, was born in Tokyo, 1916. In 1925, Yiuchi founded the Bokujinkai group, an association for the avant-garde calligraphy artists. With such background, Yiuchi believed that calligraphy should be liberated from its traditions and calligraphers should be more expressive unrestrictedly in the form of calligraphy while in the west the Abstract Expressionism prevailed. By then, Yiuchi created a series of... Read full biography
Yuichi Inoue, who was an iconic post-war artist in the Modern Calligraphy circle in Japan, was born in Tokyo, 1916. In 1925, Yiuchi founded the Bokujinkai group, an association for the avant-garde calligraphy artists. With such background, Yiuchi believed that calligraphy should be liberated from its traditions and calligraphers should be more expressive unrestrictedly in the form of calligraphy while in the west the Abstract Expressionism prevailed. By then, Yiuchi created a series of experimental abstract works of non-characters and replaced the traditional medium with enamel paint. However, he realized that if calligraphy abandoned the form and shape of the written characters the aesthetics of it would be lost. He therefore embraced the... Read full biography
Yuichi Inoue, who was an iconic post-war artist in the Modern Calligraphy circle in Japan, was born in Tokyo, 1916. In 1925, Yiuchi founded the Bokujinkai group, an association for the avant-garde calligraphy artists. With such background, Yiuchi believed that calligraphy should be liberated from its traditions and calligraphers should be more expressive unrestrictedly in the form of calligraphy while in the west the Abstract Expressionism prevailed. By then, Yiuchi created a series of experimental abstract works of non-characters and replaced the traditional medium with enamel paint. However, he realized that if calligraphy abandoned the form and shape of the written characters the aesthetics of it would be lost. He therefore embraced the form and shape once again developing his own language of creations. In 1957, works by different Japanese... Read full biography
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Yuichi Inoue, who was an iconic post-war artist in the Modern Calligraphy circle in Japan, was born in Tokyo, 1916. In 1925, Yiuchi founded the Bokujinkai group, an association for the avant-garde calligraphy artists. With such background, Yiuchi believed that calligraphy should be liberated from its traditions and calligraphers should be more expressive unrestrictedly in the form of calligraphy while in the west the Abstract Expressionism prevailed.
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