Matsumoto Shunsuke - Matsumoto Shunsuke

Western-style painter. Maiden name Sato. Born in Tokyo. Spent her childhood in Hanamaki and Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, but lost her hearing in her first year at Morioka Junior High School and dropped out after the third year. Hoping to become a painter, she moved to Tokyo in 1929 (Showa 4) and studied at the Taiheiyo Gakai Institute. She was selected for the Nikaten Exhibition for the first time in 1935, and continued to exhibit every year thereafter, becoming a member of the Nova Art Association. In 1940, she became a member of the Nikaten Association's avant-garde group Kyushitsu-kai, and was also awarded a scholarship at the Nikaten Exhibition, becoming a Nikaten Association associate the following year. She painted her own imaginary landscapes, using city buildings and people as her subject matter, and in 1943 she formed the Shinjingakai with her comrades. After World War II, she participated in the founding of the Japan Art Association and the re-establishment of the Free Artists Association, becoming a member. Her representative works include "City," "The Bridge of Y City," "Standing Statue," and "Canal Landscape."

[Tadao Ogura]

"Matsumoto Shunsuke Art Collection" (1963, Heibonsha) ▽ "Matsumoto Shunsuke by Akira Asahi (1976, Nichido Publishing Department)" ▽ "Matsumoto Shunsuke and His Friends by Yoshio Murakami (1987, Shinchosha)"

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洋画家。旧姓佐藤。東京生まれ。幼少年時代を岩手県花巻、盛岡で過ごし、盛岡中学校1年生で聴力を失い、三学年修了で中退。画家を志して1929年（昭和4）上京し、太平洋画会研究所に学ぶ。35年二科展に初入選、以後毎年出品を続け、ノヴァ美術協会の同人となる。40年二科会の前衛グループ九室会の会員となるほか、二科展で特待を受け、翌年二科会会友となった。都会の建物や人物を題材として独自の心象風景を描き、43年には同志と新人画会を結成する。第二次世界大戦後、日本美術会の創立ならびに自由美術家協会の再建に参加し、会員となる。代表作に『都会』『Y市の橋』『立てる像』『運河風景』などがある。

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『『松本竣介画集』（1963・平凡社）』▽『朝日晃著『松本竣介』（1976・日動出版部）』▽『村上善男著『松本竣介とその友人たち』（1987・新潮社）』

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