(28 March 1882 – 29 December 1958) was a Japanese
yōga
is a style of artistic painting in Japan, typically of Japanese subjects, themes, or landscapes, but using Western (European) artistic conventions, techniques, and materials. The term was coined in the Meiji period (1868–1912) to distingu ...
painter.
Biography
Born in Tokyo, the eldest son of
nihonga artist , Ishii Hakutei first studied nihonga with his father, then
yōga
is a style of artistic painting in Japan, typically of Japanese subjects, themes, or landscapes, but using Western (European) artistic conventions, techniques, and materials. The term was coined in the Meiji period (1868–1912) to distingu ...
with
Asai Chū
was a Japanese painter, noted for his pioneering work in developing the ''yōga'' (Western-style) art movement in late 19th century and early twentieth-century Japanese painting.
Biography
Asai was born to an ex-samurai class household in Sakur ...
and . He went on to study under
Kuroda Seiki and
Fujishima Takeji
was a Japanese people, Japanese painter, noted for his work in developing Romanticism and impressionism within the ''yoga (art), yōga'' (Western-style) art movement in late 19th- and early 20th-century Japanese painting. In his later years, he ...
at
Tokyo School of Fine Arts, but dropped out in his first year. In the following years he contributed works to the
Bunten exhibitions and travelled in Egypt, Italy, Spain, Germany, and England.
In 1914, together with
Yamashita Shintarō and
Arishima Ikuma, he founded the or "Society for Progressive Japanese Artists". In 1918 he travelled to Korea and Manchuria. In 1921 he helped found the
Bunka Gakuin
is a Japanese vocational school. It opened in 1921 as the first co-educational school in Japan.
Alumni
* Hisae Imai
* Takako Irie
* Liu Chi-hsiang
* Yoko Mizuki
* Akiko Santo
* Akira Terao
*Mitsu Yashima
* Guan Zilan
Guan Zilan (; January 1 ...
. Two years later he travelled to France, Italy, and England. In 1935 he withdrew from the Nikakai and joined the
Imperial Fine Arts Academy. The following year, together with Yamashita Shintarō and
Yasui Sōtarō, he founded the . In 1937 he became a member of the reorganised Imperial Art Academy.
After the war, he contributed works to the
Nitten exhibitions, going on to become chief judge of the yōga section. He also served in a special advisory capacity after the introduction of the
1950 Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties. In December 1958, shortly before his death, he was decorated with the
Order of the Rising Sun
The is a Japanese order, established in 1875 by Emperor Meiji. The Order was the first national decoration awarded by the Japanese government, created on 10 April 1875 by decree of the Council of State. The badge features rays of sunlight ...
.
Select works
Upon the Indian Ocean by Ishii Hakutei.jpg, ''Upon the Indian Ocean'' (1910)
Hotel in Paris by Ishii Hakutei (Tokyo National Museum).jpg, ''Paris Hotel'' (1911)
La Ciociara by Ishii Hakutei (Geidai Museum).jpg, ''La Ciociara'' (1911)
Izumo by Ishii Hakutei (National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo).jpg, ''Izumo'' (1940)
A Nun by Ishii Hakutei.jpg, ''A Nun'' (1942)
Patrol on the Russia-Manchuria Border by Ishii Hakutei (National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo).jpg, ''Patrol on the Russia-Manchuria Border'' (1944)
See also
*
List of Yōga painters
This is an alphabetical list of painters who are known for painting in the ''Yōga'' style. It has to be noted that some artists also painted in the Japanese ''Nihonga'' style, and that the division between the two groups could be blurred at poin ...
References
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1882 births
1958 deaths
Yōga painters
Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class