Zenzaburo Kojima - Artist Info

About Zenzaburo Kojima

  • Biography

    Born in Fukuoka City in 1893, Kojima Zenzaburo later rose as an unparalleled pioneering leader among Japanese modernist artists. Without any formal art education on college level, Kojima’s self-exploration in art exactly unburdened him of the weight of tradition as well as the pressing urge of a complete westernization at that time. Through his study on predecessors’ works and attempts of seeking an individual approach, Kojima managed to blend Eastern and Western art skills in his paintings and then established an independent style of “Japanese Oil Painting”.

    In 1925, during his sojourn time in Paris (France), Kojima visited the Louvre Museum (Paris, France), Prado Museum (Madrid, Spain), as well as R...

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