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Kokuryō Tsunerō

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Kokuryō Tsunerō

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1919-10-12 (Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan)
Died
1999-03-13 (Yokohama, Japan) age 79
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Western-style painter, Art teacher, University professor
Active Years
1947-1999
Affiliations
Japan Art Academy
Memberships
Japan Art Academy, Executive Director of Nitten

Education

Tokyo Fine Arts School
Drawing Teacher Training Course
Country: Japan
former system

Awards

First Selection at Nitten
1947
Organization: Japan Art Exhibition
Result: 初入選
Nitten Special Selection
1955
Organization: Japan Art Exhibition
Result: 特選
Miyamoto Saburo Memorial Award
1983
Result: 受賞
Prime Minister's Award
1986
Organization: Nitten
Result: 受賞
Japan Art Academy Award
1991
Organization: Japan Art Academy
Result: 受賞
Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon
1992
Organization: Cabinet Office
Result: 受章
Third Class Order of the Sacred Treasure
1994
Result: 受章

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Canal

1955 landscape painting

Landscape on Sand

1969 landscape painting

Seashore Landscape

1971 landscape painting

Group Figures on the Sand

1974 landscape painting

Traces

1978 landscape painting

Windless Landscape

1980 landscape painting

Wind

1981 landscape painting

Tracks

1982 landscape painting

Still Space

1983 landscape painting

An Afternoon of Quietude

1986 landscape painting

Sea Breeze Landscape

1988 landscape painting

Morning

1989 landscape painting

Praise

1990 landscape painting

Call

1991 landscape painting

Sandbank with Faint Sun

1998 landscape painting

Bibliography

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Evolution of pointillist techniques
Recurring Motifs
sand duneswind ripplesseaboatsbirdsgroup of youth

Legacy

Highly regarded as a painter of sand landscapes

Academic Societies

  • Japan Art Academy