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1875 Kyoto, Japan - 1949 Japan. Known for: Watercolor on silk painting of Japanese women.
Shoen Uemura was born on April 23, in 1875, in Kyoto under the name of Tsune Uemura. Her parents had a little tea shop. But her father died soon and Shoen grew up with her mother and a few aunts. As... Read full biography
Shoen Uemura was born on April 23, in 1875, in Kyoto under the name of Tsune Uemura. Her parents had a little tea shop. But her father died soon and Shoen grew up with her mother and a few aunts. As a child she showed all signs of a child gifted for the fine arts. Her early drawings astonished... Read full biography
Shoen Uemura was born on April 23, in 1875, in Kyoto under the name of Tsune Uemura. Her parents had a little tea shop. But her father died soon and Shoen grew up with her mother and a few aunts. As a child she showed all signs of a child gifted for the fine arts. Her early drawings astonished everyone. In 1887 Shoen Uemura entered the Kyoto Prefectural Art School. Like all great geniuses, she left without graduation. At the age of fifteen she had her first important exhibition and won a prize.... Read full biography
Shoen Uemura was born on April 23, in 1875, in Kyoto under the name of Tsune Uemura. Her parents had a little tea shop. But her father died soon and Shoen grew up with her mother and a few aunts. As a child she showed all signs of a child gifted for the fine arts. Her early drawings astonished everyone. In 1887 Shoen Uemura entered the Kyoto Prefectural Art School. Like all great geniuses, she left without graduation. At the age of fifteen she had her first important exhibition and won a prize. Her teachers were Suzuki Shonen, Kono Bairei and Takeuchi Seiho. She was suspected of having a relationship with her teacher Suzuki Shonen and gave birth to a daughter. But she never revealed the name of the father. Many of the works of Uemura Shoen... Read full biography
Shoen Uemura was born on April 23, in 1875, in Kyoto under the name of Tsune Uemura. Her parents had a little tea shop. But her father died soon and Shoen grew up with her mother and a few aunts. As a child she showed all signs of a child gifted for the fine arts. Her early drawings astonished everyone. In 1887 Shoen Uemura entered the Kyoto Prefectural Art School. Like all great geniuses, she left without graduation. At the age of fifteen she had her first important exhibition and won a prize. Her teachers were Suzuki Shonen, Kono Bairei and Takeuchi Seiho. She was suspected of having a relationship with her teacher Suzuki Shonen and gave birth to a daughter. But she never revealed the name of the father. Many of the works of Uemura Shoen show portraits of women, sometimes with children in a realistic, refined style. Uemura is often called a bijin-ga painter, a painter of... Read full biography
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