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1902 Takamatsu, Japan - 1993. Known for: Abstract expression, mural.
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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Keywords (17)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Abstraction, Abstract
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Mural Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
