Hiratsuka Unichi - Hiratsuka Unichi

Printmaker. Born in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. In 1913 (Taisho 2), he decided to become a painter after attending a Western-style painting workshop taught by Ishii Hakutei. The following year, he moved to Tokyo, where, through Hakutei's introduction, he studied engraving under Igami Bonkotsu (1875-1933). In 1941, he exhibited woodblock prints at the Nikaten Exhibition, and watercolors and oil paintings in the Western-style painting section of the Inten Exhibition. In 1941, he became a member of the Japan Creative Print Association, and in 1951, he became a fellow member of the Western-style painting section of the Kokuga Creative Association. When the printmaking section was established in 1956 (Showa 6), he became the person in charge of it. At the same time, he was sympathetic to the peasant art movement that Yamamoto Kanae started in the Ueda area of ​​Nagano Prefecture in 1924, and took charge of workshops at the Rural Art Institute, published "Printmaking Techniques" in 1952, and held woodblock printing workshops in various places. In 1960, he was put in charge of woodblock printing at the newly established printmaking class at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts. Known for his expressionistic style using only black ink, he traveled to the United States in 1987 (Showa 37) and lived in Washington, completing his "Nudes in Many Forms" and "Nude in the Mirror" series and holding many solo exhibitions across the country. In 1977, he was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Third Class. He returned to Japan in 1995 (Heisei 7) at the age of 100. In 1991, the Hiratsuka Unichi Print Museum opened in Suzaka City, Nagano Prefecture.

[Tadao Ogura and Hideyuki Yanagisawa]

"Prints Enthralled" (1949, Suiko Shoin) ▽ "Collection of Masterpiece Prints: Hiratsuka Unichi Creative Prints" (1951, Nihon Geijutsu Hangasha) ▽ "How to Make Crayon Prints" (1955, Educational Art Promotion Association) ▽ "Commemorating the Opening of the Hiratsuka Unichi Print Museum" (1991, Suzaka City Print Museum) ▽ "Japan: The Land of Prints" (1993, Abe Publishing) ▽ "Nudes in All Forms: Poetry and Prints" (1995, Abe Publishing) ▽ "Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation and Hiraki Ukiyo-e Museum, Hiratsuka Unichi Print Masterpieces Exhibition: Special Exhibition Commemorating His Centenary from the Wanselst Collection" (1996, Hiraki Ukiyo-e Museum) ▽ "The World of Hiratsuka Unichi," edited and published by Kawara Rando (1997)

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版画家。島根県松江市に生まれる。1913年（大正2）石井柏亭(はくてい)の洋画講習会を受けて画家を志し、翌年上京、柏亭の紹介で伊上凡骨(いがみぼんこつ)（1875―1933）に彫版術を学ぶ。16年二科展に木版画を、院展洋画部に水彩画と油絵を出品。24年日本創作版画協会会員、26年国画創作協会洋画部の会友となり、31年（昭和6）国画会に版画部が創設されると、その担当者となる。一方で、1924年山本鼎(かなえ)が長野県上田市周辺を中心に行なった農民美術運動に共鳴し、農村美術研究所の講習会を担当したり、27年『版画の技法』を出版、各地で木版画講習会を開く。35年東京美術学校に新設の版画教室で木版画を担当する。墨一色の表現主義的作風で知られ、62年（昭和37）渡米してワシントンに在住し、「裸婦百態」「裸婦鏡」シリーズを完成、全米各地で多くの個展を開く。77年勲三等瑞宝章(ずいほうしょう)受章。95年（平成7）に100歳で帰国する。1991年長野県須坂(すざか)市に平塚運一版画美術館が開館。

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『『版画三昧』（1949・推古書院）』▽『『名作版画集　平塚運一創作版画』（1951・日本芸術版画社）』▽『『クレパス版画の作り方』（1955・教育美術振興会）』▽『『平塚運一版画美術館開館記念』（1991・須坂市版画美術館）』▽『『版画の国日本』（1993・阿部出版）』▽『『裸婦百態――詩と版画』（1995・阿部出版）』▽『平木浮世絵財団・平木浮世絵美術館編『平塚運一版画名品展――ヴァンゼルスト・コレクションより　百歳記念特別展』（1996・平木浮世絵美術館）』▽『瓦乱洞編・刊『平塚運一の世界』（1997）』

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