Genichiro Inokuma was born in 1903 and studied at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts from 1922-26 under the Western style painter Fujishima Takeji (1865-1943). In 1935 he helped establish the Shin-Seisaku... Read full biography
Genichiro Inokuma was born in 1903 and studied at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts from 1922-26 under the Western style painter Fujishima Takeji (1865-1943). In 1935 he helped establish the Shin-Seisaku Kyokai, an artists' cultural organization, and between 1938-1940 lived in Paris where he studied... Read full biography
Genichiro Inokuma was born in 1903 and studied at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts from 1922-26 under the Western style painter Fujishima Takeji (1865-1943). In 1935 he helped establish the Shin-Seisaku Kyokai, an artists' cultural organization, and between 1938-1940 lived in Paris where he studied under Henri Matisse. From 1945-55 Inokuma directed his own art school in Japan, completed numerous mural commissions there, and won the Mainichi Cultural and Artistic Award. After the artist moved to... Read full biography
Genichiro Inokuma was born in 1903 and studied at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts from 1922-26 under the Western style painter Fujishima Takeji (1865-1943). In 1935 he helped establish the Shin-Seisaku Kyokai, an artists' cultural organization, and between 1938-1940 lived in Paris where he studied under Henri Matisse. From 1945-55 Inokuma directed his own art school in Japan, completed numerous mural commissions there, and won the Mainichi Cultural and Artistic Award. After the artist moved to the United States in 1955, his work became largely abstract and he was given many solo exhibitions between 1956-72. The work of Genichiro Inokuma is in many museum collections including the National Museum of Art in Tokyo, the San Francisco Museum of... Read full biography
Genichiro Inokuma was born in 1903 and studied at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts from 1922-26 under the Western style painter Fujishima Takeji (1865-1943). In 1935 he helped establish the Shin-Seisaku Kyokai, an artists' cultural organization, and between 1938-1940 lived in Paris where he studied under Henri Matisse. From 1945-55 Inokuma directed his own art school in Japan, completed numerous mural commissions there, and won the Mainichi Cultural and Artistic Award. After the artist moved to the United States in 1955, his work became largely abstract and he was given many solo exhibitions between 1956-72. The work of Genichiro Inokuma is in many museum collections including the National Museum of Art in Tokyo, the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, and the Honolulu Academy of Art. In 1991 the Marugame Genic... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (6)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Paintings and Sculpture In the Permanent Collection
1983
Bermingham, Peter/Daphne Deeds
273 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Two Volumes)
1969
Rathbone, Perry Townsend (Ed)
600 pages (color)
Profile: Art and Artists in the USA on the Occasion of 4th Congress ...