Goro Kumagai (Japanese: 熊谷吾良; 1932 – 2017) was a Japanese visual artist and educator. He is known for traditional Japanese woodcut prints.
Goro Kumagai | |
|---|---|
熊谷吾良 | |
| Born | 1932 |
| Died | January 24, 2017 (aged 84–85) Hirosaki, Japan |
| Other names | Gorō Kumagai |
| Education | Musashino Art University |
| Occupation(s) | Visual artist, educator, illustrator |
| Known for | Woodcuts |
Biography
editKumagai was born in 1932, in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Empire of Japan.[1][2] He graduated in 1956 from the department of Western painting at the Musashino Art University in Kodaira, Japan.[3]
Kumagai taught woodblock printing at Saitama University, from 1961 until 1998.[1] He was a member of the Japan Print Association, from 1961 until 1971; and a member of the Kokugakai (the National Painting Association) starting in 1963.[1] In 1964, he exhibited at the 4th Tokyo International Print Biennale.[2] In 2016, Kumagai illustrated a Japanese book of essays cover, "How to Find the Best Hirosaki" (2016) by faculty members of Hirosaki Gakuin University.[4]
Kumagai's artwork is in museum collections, including at in the Art Institute of Chicago;[5] the Philadelphia Museum of Art;[6] the Minneapolis Institute of Art;[7] the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in Victoria, Canada;[8] the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, D.C.;[9] and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C..[10]
References
edit- ^ a b c "遺作展示" [Exhibition of posthumous works by the Print Department]. 国展 (Kokugakai) (in Japanese). May 7, 2018. Archived from the original on August 12, 2020. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
- ^ a b "Kumagai, Goro". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press. October 31, 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00101838. ISBN 2700030184. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
- ^ Merritt, Helen; Yamada, Nanako (1995-01-01). Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975. University of Hawaii Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-8248-1732-9 – via Google Books.
- ^ "弘前で県外出身の大学教員らによるエッセー書籍化 ねぷた小屋や津軽弁文化考察" [Essay book published in Hirosaki by university professors from outside the prefecture examining Neputa huts and Tsugaru dialect culture]. 弘前経済新聞 (in Japanese). April 7, 2016. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
- ^ "Kumagai Goro". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
- ^ "Symphony". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
- ^ "Phantom "A", Kumagai Gorō ^". Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA). Retrieved 2024-11-30.
- ^ "People: Goro Kumagai". eMuseum.
- ^ "An Offering to God (Kumotsu)". National Museum of Asian Art. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
- ^ "Goro Kumagai, Japanese, born 1932". National Gallery of Art (NGA). Retrieved 2024-11-30.