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Akiyama, Hiromi  

Japanese, 20th century, male.

Active also in France and Germany.

Born 1937, in Hiroshima.

Sculptor. Monuments.

In Tokyo, Hiromi Akiyama studied painting from 1954 to 1957, then sculpture until 1961. In 1966 he went to Paris, where he attended the École des Beaux-Arts until 1968...

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Amenomiya, Jiro  

Japanese, 20th century, male.

Born 1889, in Ibaragi; died 13 May 1970.

Sculptor.

Jiro Amenomiya studied at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, where he graduated in 1923 and was awarded a prize. He was vice president of the Japan Sculptors Association.

1918, Cultural Department, Tokyo...

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Ando, Yasuhiko  

Japanese, 20th–21st century, male.

Born 1947.

Sculptor.

At the end of the 1980s, Yasuhiko Ando spent a long time in Stuttgart, Germany. During this same period he exhibited in Paris at the Salon Grands et Jeunes d’Aujourd’hui. His sculptures follow a horizontal plan, mingling abstract or metaphorical elements with precise representations, such as figures....

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Aoki, Hiroshi  

Japanese, 20th century, male.

Born 1933, in Tokyo.

Sculptor.

Kinetic Art.

Hiroshi Aoki studied fine arts at Musashino University, Tokyo. He displayed his works in solo exhibitions in Tokyo in 1966 and 1967.

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Asakura, Fumio  

Japanese, 20th century, male.

Born 1883, in Oita; died 1964.

Sculptor. Animals.

Fumio Asakura studied at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts and later taught there for 24 years. In 1924 he was appointed to the Imperial Academy of Art and in 1948 was awarded the Order of Cultural Merit....

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Asakura, Kyoko  

Japanese, 20th century, male.

Born 1925, in Tokyo.

Sculptor. Portraits.

Kyoko Asakura was the son and pupil of Fumio Asakura. He exhibited at the Nitten , where he received three honourable mentions, as well as at the Tokyo Biennale and with Group 30 .

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Asazuma, Jiro  

Japanese, 20th century, male.

Born 1915, in Tokyo.

Painter, sculptor.

Jiro Asazuma was educated and greatly influenced by the painter Saburo Hasegawa, a theoretician of Abstract art.

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Ay-O  

Japanese, 20th century, male.

Active in the USA.

Born 1931, in Ibaraki Prefecture.

Sculptor, print artist.

Kinetic Art.

Ay-O graduated from the art teaching department of Tokyo Education University in 1954, and moved to New York in 1958. From this date he took part in the Tokyo International Print Biennale and, from ...

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Azuma, Kenjiro  

Japanese, 20th century, male.

Active in Italy from 1956.

Born 1926, in Yamagata Prefecture.

Sculptor.

Kenjiro Azuma graduated from Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music in 1953 and entered the Karlsruhe Academy in Germany in 1957, subsequently also obtaining a diploma from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan. He exhibited in several international exhibitions in Europe and the Tokyo Biennale in ...

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Chan Kaiyuan  

Chinese, 20th – 21st century, male.

Active in France since 1970.

Born 1948, in China.

Sculptor, installation artist.

After living in Hong Kong from 1962 to 1970, Chan moved to Paris, where he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts. He has taken part in many Salons and group exhibitions in Paris, notably the Salon de Mai, the Salon de Jeune Sculpture, and the MAC ...

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Chen Wanshan  

Chinese, 20th – 21st century, male.

Born 1962, in Zhejiang.

Painter, sculptor. Nudes.

Chen Wanshan began by studying sculpture at the National Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, graduating in 1985, and then took up painting. He teaches at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. Both his sculptures and his paintings have appeared in many exhibitions in China and in ...

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Chen Zihe  

Chinese, 16th century, male.

Activec.1500.

Born in Pucheng (Fujian).

Painter.

Chen Zihe was originally a sculptor, but afterwards devoted himself to painting in the style of Lin Liang and Wu Wei.

London (British Mus.): Rocks and Chrysan­themums (with the seal of the artist...

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Cheng Tsai-Tung  

Chinese, 20th–21st century, male.

Born 1953.

Painter, sculptor. Portraits, still-lifes, landscapes.

or Zheng Zaidong

Cheng Tsai-tung trained in journalism before switching to painting. While technically fairly rudimentary, his work proceeds from a synthetic vision that he renders in large flat areas.

1984–1985, Taiwan New Painting...

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Chino, Shigeru  

Japanese, 20th century, male.

Born 1913, in Niigata.

Sculptor.

Shigeru Chino taught at Tokyo University of Fine Arts. He exhibited at the Japan Art Association, of which he was a member.

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Choi, Ki-Won  

Korean, 20th century, male.

Sculptor.

Choi Ki-Won studied art at Hong-Ik Univer­sity, Seoul. He has taken part in various group exhibitions, such as 1955-1959, Korean Art Exhibition; 1960-1981, Korean Art Exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art; 1992, Chicago International Art Exhibition; 1996, FIAC (Foire Internationale d’Art Con­temporain), Paris. He had solo exhibitions in Seoul in ...

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Choi, Man-Lin  

Korean, 20th century, male.

Born 1935, in Seoul.

Sculptor.

Choi Man-Lin graduated in sculpture from the College of Arts, Seoul National University, in 1958 and went on to complete postgraduate work at Seoul National University and the Pratt Institute, New York. In 1967 he was appointed Professor of Art at Seoul National University and since ...

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Chu Ming  

Chinese, 20th century, male.

Active in Taiwan.

Born 20 January 1938, in Miaoli.

Sculptor, painter. Figures.

Chu Ming trained as a wood-carver in traditional style, treating historical and religious subjects. He was taught between 1968 and 1976 by the sculptor Yang Ying-feng (b. 1906) who helped him develop a simplified, more expressive style. He is best known for his series of taiji (shadow-boxing) figures dating from the mid-1970s (several of which were later displayed at the South Bank, London) and the ...

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Dong Xun  

Chinese, 19th century, male.

Active in the early 19th century.

Born in Shanxi (Zhejiang).

Painter.

Dong Xun was from Beijing. He specialised in painting orchids and bamboo and was a poet and seal carver.

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Eguchi, Shu  

Japanese, 20th century, male.

Born 1932, in Kyoto.

Sculptor.

Eguchi Shu studied at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts. In 1965, he took part in the exhibition New Japanese Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In 1969, his work appeared in the exhibition ...

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Endo, Toshikatsu  

Japanese, 20th – 21st century, male.

Born 1950.

Sculptor.

Arte Povera.

Endo Toshikatsu works in wood, coal tar, earth, fire and water. He has taken part in numerous group exhibitions since 1974, mainly in Japan. Other exhibitions were: 1986, Documenta VIII, Kassel; 1987, New York; 1988...