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Shiratori Eisetsu

しらとり えいせつ

Shiratori Eisetsu

Aliases: 白鳥九寿男 / 九寿男

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1912-05-23 （Ōsato Village, Kitasaku District, Nagano Prefecture (now Komoro City)）
Died
2007-06-15 （Komoro, Nagano Prefecture, Japan） age 95
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Painter
Active Years
1939-2007
Affiliations
Nitten Exhibition, Japan Art Academy
Memberships
Member of Nitten, Member of Japan Art Academy
Influenced By
Ito Shinsui
Influenced
Watanabe Sachiko, Naohara Masako

Education

Kawabata Painting School
Country: Japan
Hongo Western Painting Institute
Country: Japan

Awards

Nitten Prime Minister's Prize
1986
Organization: Nitten Exhibition
Result: 受賞
Imperial Prize and Japan Art Academy Prize
1993
Organization: Japan Art Academy
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Mother and Child

1939 Nihonga

Family Home

1943 Nihonga

Late Summer

1950 Nihonga

1986 Nihonga

Hagoromo

1992 Nihonga

Kiku Jidō

1993 Nihonga

Style & Themes

Literary Style
NihongaFigure PaintingYugen

Health

  • Cerebral infarction
    2003-2007
    Lost use of right hand but continued creating with left hand

Legacy

He secured an unshakable position in the Japanese painting world, with works displayed in the Prime Minister's official residence.

Museums

  • Komoro Kogen Art Museum, Shiratori Eisetsu Gallery Komoro, Nagano Prefecture, Japan Opened in 1998

Academic Societies

  • Japan Art Academy

Archives

  • Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties

Quotes

  • Even if clumsy, I want my paintings to stay in people's hearts
    Source: Quoted (2004)

Trivia

  • At age 90, he overcame a stroke and resumed creating with his left hand.