Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1 appearances
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Edition 54 (2004) award
Kunio Motoe
もとえ くにお
Motoe Kunio
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1948-09-25 （Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan）
- Died
- 2019-06-03 （Tokyo, Japan (hospital)） age 70
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Matsuyama, Ehime (birth) → Tokyo (from elementary school) → Sapporo and Otaru, Hokkaido (childhood)
Career
- Occupations
- art historian, university professor, curator, museum director
- Active Years
- 1976-2019
- Affiliations
- The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (staff, senior researcher, planning & documentation chief, art affairs chief), Tama Art University (professor, graduate school director, trustee, professor emeritus), Fuchu Art Museum (director), Tama Art University Museum (director), Bijutsu Aijukan (director)
- Influenced By
- Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Odilon Redon
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Tokyo | Faculty of Letters | Department of Art History | BA | 1969-1973 | Japan |
| Graduate School, The University of Tokyo (Humanities and Social Sciences / Faculty of Letters) | Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology (Master's program) | Department of Western Art History | MA | 1974-1976 | Japan |
The University of Tokyo
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Art History
Degree:
BA
Period:
1969-1973
Year of Graduation:
1973
Country:
Japan
Undergraduate degree, art history
Graduate School, The University of Tokyo (Humanities and Social Sciences / Faculty of Letters)
Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology (Master's program)
/ Department of Western Art History
Degree:
MA
Period:
1974-1976
Year of Graduation:
1976
Country:
Japan
Completed master's program
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Arts Encouragement Prize (Newcomer) | Odilon Redon | — | Agency for Cultural Affairs (Japan) | 受賞 |
Arts Encouragement Prize (Newcomer)
2004
Work:
Odilon Redon
Organization:
Agency for Cultural Affairs (Japan)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
What's Beautiful About Circles, Triangles and Squares? Discoveries of 20th-Century Art
1991 Art introduction / criticismAn introductory book for middle and high school students on 20th-century art, explaining changes in form and expression in historical context.
20th-century artform and expressionart appreciation education
The Whereabouts of Painting
1999 Art criticismA collection of essays discussing the position and possibilities of painting in the contemporary era.
contemporary arttheory of paintinglineage of expression
Odilon Redon: Seeds Bearing Light
2003 Art history / monographA study of Odilon Redon, his works and position in art history, illustrated with plates.
Odilon RedonSymbolismartist study
Contemporary Japanese Painting
2006 Art history / overviewAn overview of trends in Japanese painting from the postwar era to the 2000s.
Japanese contemporary arthistory of paintingpostwar art
Bibliography
- What's Beautiful About Circles, Triangles and Squares? Discoveries of 20th-Century Art (Poplar Publishing, 1991)
- The Whereabouts of Painting (Skydoor, 1999)
- Odilon Redon: Seeds Bearing Light (Misuzu Shobo, 2003)
- Contemporary Japanese Painting (Misuzu Shobo, 2006)
- Co-edited: World Drawings 22: Redon (Kodansha, 1978)
- Co-edited: Meet the Masterpieces, Vol.4: Masters of the 20th Century (Shogakukan, 1992)
Translations by Author
- Alfred Werner, 'Soutine' (commentary translation) (Bijutsu Shuppan, 1978)
- Hubert Schrade, 'German Romanticism' (Bijutsu Shuppan, 1980)
- Roselyne Bachelot(?) 'Odilon Redon' (Bijutsu Shuppan, 1988)
- Constance Nobel-Reiser, 'Klee' (Iwanami Shoten, 1992)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarly yet accessible explanatory stylestructured analyses informed by curatorial experience
- Recurring Motifs
- interest in Western modern artartist studies and exhibition theoryinterpretation of imagery and symbolism
Health
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myocardial infarction2019-06-03Died of a myocardial infarction on 3 June 2019
Legacy
Kunio Motoe made significant contributions to art historical scholarship and museum curation in Japan; his studies on Redon and writings on 20th-century art, as well as exhibition projects, are highly regarded.
Museums
- Tama Art University Museum Tokyo, Japan
- Fuchu Art Museum Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
- Bijutsu Aijukan Tokyo, Japan
Academic Societies
- The Japan Art History Society
Archives
- National Diet Library — collected works and materials
- Tama Art University Library & Museum Archives
Trivia
- Born in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture.
- Worked for many years in research and exhibition planning at The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
- Received the Arts Encouragement Prize (Newcomer) in 2004 for his book on Odilon Redon.