Ishigaki Eitaro

Japanese: 石垣栄太郎 - いしがきえいたろう

Born: December 1, 1893, Higashimuro, Wakayama
[Died] January 23, 1958. Tokyo Western-style painter. In 1909, he was called to America by his father who was working away from home, and after studying hard in Seattle, he attended the California State School of Fine Arts. In 1915, he went to New York and studied under painter J. Sloan at the Art Students League. He also joined the Marxism-Leninism Study Group led by Katayama Sen. In 1925, he exhibited his Cubist-style "Whiplash" (Kyoto Museum of Modern Art) at the National Association of Independent Artists exhibition and was recognized. After that, he became more ideologically inclined, and formed friendships with Mexican painters R. Tamayo and J. Orozco, and worked on social themes to express the anger, sadness, and suffering of the masses. He returned to Japan in 1951, but fell ill and died without having been active for much longer. His other major works include "Two-Decker Bus" (1926, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo) and "Arm" (29, same museum).

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information

Japanese:

[生]1893.12.1. 和歌山，東牟婁
[没]1958.1.23. 東京
洋画家。 1909年アメリカへ出稼ぎの父に呼ばれて渡米，シアトルで苦学してカリフォルニア州立美術学校に通う。 15年ニューヨークへ出て，アート・スチューデンツ・リーグで画家 J.スローンに師事。また片山潜を中心とするマルクス・レーニン主義研究会に加わった。 25年全米独立美術家協会展にキュビスム風の『鞭うつ』 (京都近代美術館) を出品して認められる。その後思想的傾向を強め，またメキシコ人画家 R.タマヨ，J.オロスコと親交を結び，社会的なテーマに取組んで大衆の怒り，悲しみ，苦悩などを表現。 51年帰国したが病におかされ，ほとんど活動することなく没した。その他の主要作品『二階つきバス』 (1926，東京国立近代美術館) ，『腕』 (29，同) 。

出典　ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典について　情報

<<: Stone shell - Stone shell

>>: Stonefish - Stonefish