Saburo Aso

Western-style painter. Born in Tokyo. Graduated from Meiji Gakuin Junior High School in 1930 (Showa 5). Started oil painting while attending the school, and after graduation studied at Pacific Art School, where he began to paint in earnest. There he also met Matsumoto Shunsuke and Terada Masaaki (1912-1989). In 1936 he participated in the formation of the Ecole de Tokyo exhibition, which brought together many artists of his generation. In 1938 he traveled to Europe and toured around the country. In 1939 he participated in the founding of the Bijutsu Bunka Kyokai (Art and Culture Association) led by Fukuzawa Ichiro, and in 1943 he formed the Shinjingakai (New Artist Association) with Matsumoto, Terada and others. He continued to exhibit his work even as the war situation intensified during World War II. After World War II, he was a member of the Jiyu Bijutsuka Kyokai (Free Artists Association) from 1947 to 1964 (Showa 22-39), and from 1959 he served as a professor at Musashino Art School (now Musashino Art University) until 1981, when he became a professor emeritus. He received the Excellence Award at the 5th Japan International Art Exhibition in 1959, and the Minister of Education's Art Encouragement Prize in 1963. Since the end of World War II, he has consistently pursued various images of modern humanity within his thickly painted canvases. Major retrospectives of his work were held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in 1979, and at the Museum of Modern Art, Kanagawa Prefecture in 1994. His representative works include the "Red Sky" series and "People."

[Tadao Ogura and Hideyuki Yanagisawa]

"Aso Saburo Drawing Collection" (1973, Nantenshi Gallery)" ▽ "Aso Saburo and others' 20th Anniversary Print Collection" (1979, Nantenshi Gallery)" ▽ "Aso Saburo Works Collection" (1983, Nantenshi Gallery)" ▽ "The Battle of 22 Japanese Western Painters" by Awazu Norio (1988, Shinchosha) ▽ "Paintings, People, and Time" (1994, Chuokoron-Bijutsu Shuppan) ▽ "Aso Saburo Exhibition" edited by the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Modern Art and others (1994, Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Modern Art)

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洋画家。東京生まれ。1930年（昭和5）明治学院中等部を卒業。同校在学中に油絵を描き始め、卒業後、太平洋美術学校に学び、制作を本格化させる。また、そこで松本竣介、寺田政明（1912―1989）らと知り合う。1936年同世代の作家が多く集まったエコール・ド・東京展結成に参加。1938年渡欧して各国を巡遊する。1939年福沢一郎を中心とする美術文化協会創立に参加、1943年松本、寺田らと新人画会を結成。第二次世界大戦の戦況が激化するなかで発表を続ける。第二次世界大戦後は1947～1964年（昭和22～39）自由美術家協会の会員、1959年より武蔵野(むさしの)美術学校（現、武蔵野美術大学）の教授を1981年まで務め、名誉教授となった。1959年第5回日本国際美術展で優秀賞を受け、1963年芸術選奨文部大臣賞を受賞する。第二次世界大戦後から一貫して、厚く塗り込めた画面のなかに現代の人間像をさまざまに追求。1979年には東京都美術館で、1994年（平成6）には神奈川県立近代美術館などで大回顧展を開いた。代表作に『赤い空』シリーズ、『人』などがある。

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『『麻生三郎デッサン集』（1973・南天子画廊）』▽『麻生三郎ほか画『創立20周年記念版画集』（1979・南天子画廊）』▽『『麻生三郎作品集』（1983・南天子画廊）』▽『粟津則雄著『日本洋画22人の闘い』（1988・新潮社）』▽『『絵そして人、時』（1994・中央公論美術出版）』▽『神奈川県立近代美術館ほか編『麻生三郎展』（1994・神奈川県立近代美術館）』

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