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Gen'ichirō Inokuma
Gen'ichirō Inokuma (猪熊弦一郎, ''Inokuma Gen'ichirō''; born on 14 December 1902, died on 17 May 1993) was a Japanese painter. Inokuma is best known for his large-scale abstract paintings that allude to industrial landscapes, ladders, rail tracks, derricks, cranes, urban maps, and city planners’ blueprints. Biography Early life and career (1902–1935) Gen'ichirō Inokuma was born in Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture in 1902. Inokuma graduated from Marugame Middle School (丸亀中学校) in Marugame City in 1921 and then moved to Tokyo to study Western-style painting (''Yōga'') at a private art school, Hongō Painting Institute (''Hongō yōga kenkyūjo''; 本郷洋画研究所) founded by Saburōsuke Okada. The following year, he was admitted to the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (''Tōkyō bijutsu gakkō''; 東京美術学校; present Tokyo University of the Arts), continuing his education under Takeji Fujishima. His classmates at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Painter
Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush. Other implements, such as palette knives, sponges, airbrushes, the artist's fingers, or even a dripping technique that uses gravity may be used. One who produces paintings is called a painter. In art, the term "painting" describes both the act and the result of the action (the final work is called "a painting"). The support for paintings includes such surfaces as walls, paper, canvas, wood, glass, lacquer, pottery, leaf, copper and concrete, and the painting may incorporate other materials, in single or multiple form, including sand, clay, paper, cardboard, newspaper, plaster, gold leaf, and even entire objects. Painting is an important form of visual arts, visual art, bringing in elements such as drawing, Composition (visual art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
