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Toshio Matsuo

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Matsuo Toshio

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1926-03-09 (Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan)
Died
2016-08-04 (Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan) age 90
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Painter
Active Years
1943-2016
Affiliations
Member of the Japan Art Institute, Professor at Tama Art University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Member of the Japan Art Academy, Chairman of the Japan Art Institute
Memberships
Japan Art Academy
Influenced By
Kenyama Nanpu
Influenced
Koichi Nabatame, Akihiko Iwanami

Education

Tokyo Prefectural Sixth Middle School
Country: Japan

Awards

Minister of Education's Award, Inten Exhibition
1975
Organization: Inten Exhibition
Result: 受賞
Minister of Education's Award, Inten Exhibition
1978
Organization: Inten Exhibition
Result: 受賞
Japan Art Academy Award
1979
Organization: Japan Art Academy
Result: 受賞
Order of the Sacred Treasure, Third Class
1998
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章
Persons of Cultural Merit
2000
Organization: Agency for Cultural Affairs
Result: 受章
Order of Culture
2012
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章
Honorary Citizen of Nagasaki Prefecture
2013
Organization: Nagasaki Prefecture
Result: 叙勲
Junior Third Rank (posthumous)
2016
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 追叙

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Purple Peony

1982 Nihonga

Nihonga

Bibliography

  • Flower Seasons: Art and Writings Collection, NHK Publishing, 1981
  • Flower Seasons – Art and Writings Collection (Continued), NHK Publishing, 1985
  • Toshio Matsuo Art Collection, NHK Publishing, 1987

Style & Themes

Recurring Motifs
Bird-and-flower painting

Health

  • pneumonia
    2016-08-04
    Cause of death

Legacy

Known for his bird-and-flower paintings, he taught at Tama Art University and was highly recognized domestically with honors such as the Order of Culture.

Museums

  • Hasegawa Machiko Art Museum

Academic Societies

  • Japan Art Institute
  • Japan Art Academy

Archives

  • Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties