Kawaguchi Kigai

Western-style painter. Born in Wakayama Prefecture. His real name was Magotaro. He also went by the name Kigai for a time. He dropped out of Wakayama Normal School and moved to Tokyo in 1912 (Taisho 1), where he studied Western-style painting at the Pacific Art Association Research Institute and later at the Japan Art Institute. He traveled to France twice, from 1914-1923 (Taisho 8-12) and from 1924-1929 (Taisho 13-Showa 4), where he studied Cubism under Roth and Léger. In 1929, the year he returned to Japan, he exhibited his works in Europe at the Nika Exhibition and received the Nika Prize. In 1930, he founded the Independent Art Association with his comrades, and produced works such as Girl and Seashell, which showed a style of painting that fused Cubism and fantasy. In 1943, he left the Independent Art Association. After World War II, he became a member of the Kokugakai (1947-63), and exhibited his works at the Venice and San Paulo Biennales, developing his own unique abstract style.

[Tadao Ogura]

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洋画家。和歌山県生まれ。本名孫太郎。一時期軌崖(きがい)と称したこともある。和歌山師範学校を中退して1912年（大正1）上京し、太平洋画会研究所、のち日本美術院で洋画を学ぶ。19～23年（大正8～12）、24～29年（大正13～昭和4）の二度渡仏して、ロートとレジェにキュビスムを学ぶ。帰国の年（1929）二科展に滞欧作を特陳して二科賞を受ける。30年同志と独立美術協会を創立し、『少女と貝殻』ほかキュビスムと幻想の融合した画境を示す。43年独立美術協会を退会。第二次世界大戦後は国画会会員（1947～63）となるほか、ベネチアやサン・パウロのビエンナーレ展に出品し、独自の抽象作風を展開した。

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