Aimitsu

Japanese: 靉光 - アイミツ

Western-style painter of the Showa period

year of birth: June 24, 1907 (Meiji 40)
Death date: January 19, 1946
place of birth: Mibu Town, Yamagata County, Hiroshima Prefecture (now Chiyoda Town)
Real name: Hiro Ishimura
alias: Pen name: Mitsuo Aikawa
Educational Background [Year]: High school graduate
Main awards received [year]: Central Art Exhibition Award [1935] "Lion", Independent Art Association Award [1938] "Landscape with Eyes"
Biography: At the age of 17, he went to Osaka to study at Tensai Art School. At the age of 18, he moved to Tokyo to study at the Pacific Art Association Research Institute. In 1926, he was selected for the Nikaten Exhibition, and thereafter produced a series of avant-garde works, including "Girl Leaning on an Umbrella," "Christ," and "Blind Musician." In 1934, he traveled to China, mainly in Shanghai, and strengthened his orientation toward the Orient. In 1937 and 1938, he was selected for the Independent Art Association Exhibition. In 1939, he helped to form the Art and Culture Association, a group of surrealist painters, and his works such as "Flower Garden" and "Birds" demonstrate a fusion of surrealism with Song and Yuan painting. In 1943, he participated in the formation of the Shinjin Gakai, and worked hard to organize the association's exhibitions. He was conscripted into the army and sent to the continental front, and died of illness in Shanghai in 1946. His other works include "Lion," "Horse," and "Landscape with Eyes."

Source: Nichigai Associates "20th Century Japanese Biographical Dictionary" (published in 2004) Information about the 20th Century Japanese Biographical Dictionary

Japanese:

昭和期の洋画家

生年: 明治40(1907)年6月24日
没年: 昭和21(1946)年1月19日
出生地: 広島県山県郡壬生町(現・千代田町)
本名: 石村日郎
別名: 筆名=靉川光郎
学歴〔年〕: 高小卒
主な受賞名〔年〕: 中央美術展賞〔昭和10年〕「ライオン」,独立美術協会賞〔昭和13年〕「眼のある風景」
経歴: 17歳で大阪に出て、天彩画塾に学ぶ。18歳で上京、太平洋画会研究所に学ぶ。大正15年に二科展に入選、以後、「洋傘に倚る少女」「キリスト」「盲目の音楽家」など一連の前衛的作品を描く。昭和9年上海を中心に中国に遊び、東洋指向を強める。12年、13年と独立美術協会展に連続入選。14年シュールレアリスム系の画家たちの美術文化協会の結成に参加、「花園」「鳥」などの作品でシュールレアリスムと宋元画との融合を示す。18年新人画会の結成に参画し、同会展の開催に尽力。19年に徴兵されて大陸戦線に向い、21年上海で病没した。他の作品に「ライオン」「馬」「眼のある風景」など。