Oka Shikanosuke - Okashika nosuke

Japanese: 岡鹿之助 - おかしかのすけ

Born: July 2, 1898 in Tokyo, Japan
[Died] April 28, 1978. Western-style painter, Ota, Tokyo. Born as the eldest son of theater critic Kitaro Oka. He learned drawing from Saburosuke Okada while attending Azabu Junior High School, and entered the Western Painting Department of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1919. Immediately after graduating in 1924, he went to France to study under Tsuguharu Foujita. He continued to exhibit his work at the Salon d'Automne and the Exhibition of Independants, and became a member of the Salon d'Automne. He stayed in France for about 15 years, and returned to Japan in 1939. The following year, in 1940, he became an active member of the Shunyo-kai. In 1964, he received the Japan Art Academy Prize, and in 1968, he was selected as a member of the Japan Art Academy, and in 1972, he was awarded the Order of Culture. He produced quiet, emotional works with intellectual composition and brushwork that is linked to the pointillism of Neo-Impressionism. He also had a deep knowledge of paints and painting techniques. He remained single all his life. His major works include Butterfly Flower (1951, Shimonoseki City Museum of Art), Snow Power Plant (1956, Artizon Museum), Village (A) (1962, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo), and Terraces (1978). His books include Painters of France (1949) and Georges Seurat (1969).

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Japanese:

[生]1898.7.2. 東京，東京
[没]1978.4.28. 東京，大田
洋画家。劇評家岡鬼太郎の長男として生まれる。麻布中学校在学中から岡田三郎助に素描を学び，1919年東京美術学校西洋画科に入学。1924年卒業後すぐにフランスへ留学し藤田嗣治に師事する。サロン・ドートンヌ，アンデパンダン展などに出品を続け，サロン・ドートンヌ会員となった。約 15年間フランスに滞在し，1939年に帰国。翌 1940年より春陽会会員として活躍した。1964年日本芸術院賞を受賞，1968年日本芸術院会員選定，1972年文化勲章受章。知的な画面構成と新印象主義の点描につながる筆致により，静かで情感のこもった作品を制作。また絵具，絵画技術に関しても造詣が深い。生涯独身で過ごした。主要作品『遊蝶花』（1951，下関市立美術館），『雪の発電所』（1956，アーティゾン美術館），『群落（A）』（1962，東京国立近代美術館），『段丘』（1978）など。著書に『フランスの画家たち』（1949），『ジョルジュ・スーラ』（1969）などがある。

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