Kiyoo Kawamura

Japanese: 川村清雄 - かわむら・きよお

Year of death: May 16, 1934
Year of birth: April 26, 1852 (June 13, 1852)
A Western-style painter of the Meiji period. Born in Edo. His pen name was Tokido. In 1863 he studied English at Kaisei-sho, and later painting under Kawakami Togai and others. In 1871 he went to America on a scholarship from the Tokugawa family, and in 1873 he moved to Paris to study oil painting under de Carias. The following year he moved to Venice and entered art school. His works during his study abroad include "Girl," which already show his skilled brushwork. In 1881 he returned to Japan and worked for a time at the Printing Bureau of the Ministry of Finance, after which he taught pupils such as Tojo Shotaro at his home. He participated in the founding of the Meiji Art Association, but after the association was dissolved he joined the founding of the Tomoe Society, which was centered around his pupils. After returning to Japan, his works include "Katami no Hitatare" (Tokyo National Museum), and in the latter half of his life he showed a stronger Japanese tendency.

(Hideo Miwa)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：昭和9.5.16(1934)
生年：嘉永5.4.26(1852.6.13)
明治期の洋画家。江戸生まれ。号に時童。文久3(1863)年開成所で英語を,のち絵を川上冬崖らに学ぶ。明治4(1871)年徳川宗家給費生として渡米,6年パリへ転じ,ド・カリアスに油絵を学ぶ。翌年ベネチアへ移り美術学校に入学した。留学中の作品に「少女」などがあり,すでに練達の筆致を示した。14年帰国し一時大蔵省印刷局に勤務したのち,自宅で東城鉦太郎ら門弟を指導する。明治美術会創立に参加したが,同会解散後門下を中心とした巴会の結成に加わる。帰国後の作品に「かたみの直垂」(東京国立博物館蔵)などがあり,後半は日本的傾向を強めた。

(三輪英夫)

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