Zenzaburo Kojima

Western-style painter. Born in Fukuoka City. In 1913 (Taisho 2), he dropped out of the Nagasaki Medical College, Department of Pharmacy, and moved to Tokyo to study at the Hongo Painting Institute. In 1921, he was selected for the Nikaten Exhibition for the first time, and the following year he won the Nikaten Prize, and in the same year he also received a commendation at the Peace Memorial Tokyo Exposition. In 1924, he studied in France, and in 1928 (Showa 3), he returned to Japan and exhibited "Woman with a Mirror" and other works he created in Europe at the 15th Nikaten Exhibition, becoming a member of the association. In 1930, he became a member of the Nikaten Association, but left the same year and founded the Independent Art Association with comrades such as Satomi Katsuzo. He gradually fused the Fauve style with the Nanga tradition to create his own unique style of landscape painting, and after World War II, he established a vivid decorative style in his still life paintings of flowers. At the Modern Japanese Art Exhibition in 1962 (Showa 37), he was awarded a special prize for his posthumous work. His representative works include "East Wind" and "Road to the Alps," among others.

[Tadao Ogura]

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洋画家。福岡市生まれ。1913年（大正2）長崎医専薬学科を中退して上京し、本郷絵画研究所に学ぶ。21年二科展に初入選、翌年二科賞を受賞、同年の平和記念東京博覧会でも褒状を受ける。24年フランスに留学し、28年（昭和3）帰国して第15回二科展に『鏡を持つ女』ほか滞欧作を特陳し、会友となる。30年二科会会員となるが、同年退会して里見勝蔵ら同志と独立美術協会を創立した。しだいにフォーブ的作風と南画伝統とを融合して独自の風景画境を開き、第二次世界大戦後は花の静物画にも鮮麗な装飾画風を打ち立てた。62年（昭和37）の現代日本美術展において、その遺業に特別賞が贈られた。代表作に『東風』『アルプスへの道』ほかがある。

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