Kaoru Yamaguchi

Western-style painter. Born in Gunma Prefecture. While studying at the Western Painting Department of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, he exhibited his works at the Teiten Exhibition, Kokugakai Exhibition, and other exhibitions, graduating in 1930 (Showa 5). In the same year, he traveled to France, traveled around various places, and returned to Japan in 1958, becoming a member of the Kokugakai. The following year, he formed the Shinjidai Yogaten Exhibition with his comrades, and participated in the founding of the Jiyu Bijutsuka Association, and after World War II, the Modern Art Association. In 1956 (Showa 31), he received an honorable mention at the Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition, and in 1983, he received the Guggenheim International Art Exhibition Domestic Award, the 10th Mainichi Art Award, and the Minister of Education's Art Encouragement Prize in 1959. In addition to various exhibitions in Japan, he exhibited his works at the San Paolo and Venice Biennales. He also taught the next generation of artists as a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. His painting style is unique and full of poetic sentiment, with a symphony of rich colors and free-flowing forms. His representative works include "The String," "Mother and Child," "Pastoral Poem," "Seasonal Joys and Sorrows: The Rice Fields and Crows," and "The Desolate, Small, Diamond-shaped Swamp."

[Tadao Ogura]

"Yamaguchi Kaoru" (1968, Kyuryudo) "Yamaguchi Kaoru Volume 2" (1975, Kyuryudo)

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洋画家。群馬県生まれ。東京美術学校西洋画科に在学中から帝展、国画会展ほかに出品し、1930年（昭和5）卒業。同年フランスに渡り、各地に旅行して33年帰国し、国画会会友となる。翌年同志と新時代洋画展を結成し、さらに自由美術家協会、第二次世界大戦後はモダンアート協会の創立に参加する。56年（昭和31）現代日本美術展で佳作賞、58年グッゲンハイム賞国際美術展国内賞のほか、第10回毎日美術賞、昭和34年度芸術選奨文部大臣賞を受ける。国内の各種展覧会のほか、サン・パウロやベネチアのビエンナーレ展に出品。また東京芸術大学教授として後進の指導にあたった。豊かな色彩とのびやかな形態の交響による、独特の詩情に満ちた画風を示す。代表作に『紐(ひも)』『母子』『田園詩』『季節の哀歓「田圃(たんぼ)と烏(からす)」』『荒れた小さい菱形(ひしがた)の沼』など。

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『『山口薫』（1968・求龍堂）』▽『『山口薫　第2集』（1975・求龍堂）』

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