Takeshirō Kanokogi Explained

Takeshiro Kanokogi
Birth Place:	Okayama Prefecture
Nationality:	Japanese
Field:	Painting
Training:	Académie Julian

, born in Okayama Prefecture was a Japanese painter.

Biography

Takeshiro Kanokogi studied with painters Matsubata Sangoro and later Koyama Shōtarō in Tokyo. He traveled back and forth to Paris France several times, at first when he was 26 years old. He spent around seven years in the city, during which time he studied with Jean-Paul Laurens and Émile-René Ménard at the Académie Julian.^[1]

He is known for portrait, figure, land and seascape painting ^[2] in the Western style.^[3]

Collections

• Hiroshima Museum of Art^[4]
• Kurashiki City Art Museum
• Musée d'Orsay^[5]

Bibliography

La vie et l’œuvre de Takeshiro Kanokogui: peintre japonais,^[6] by Matsutarô Tokumi; translation by Masakiyo Miyamoto and Louis Marchand, Institut Franco-Japonais de Kyôto.^[7]

External links

• Recent exhibits

Notes and References

1. KANOKOGI, Takeshiro (1874 - 1941), Painter : Benezit Dictionary of Artists - oi. 31 October 2011. en. 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00097043.
2. Web site: Kanokogi Takeshiro - Artist Biography for Kanokogi Takeshiro. www.askart.com. 2017-02-09.
3. Web site: Nihon no Bijutsu 352. - LibraryWiki. library.osu.edu. en. 2017-02-09.
4. Web site: KANOKOGI Takeshiro - Modern Japanese Paintings - [HIROSHIMA MUSEUM OF ART]]. www.hiroshima-museum.jp. ja. 2017-02-09.
5. Web site: Musée d'Orsay: Notice d'Artiste. www.musee-orsay.fr. fr. 2017-02-09.
6. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/458325106 La vie et l’œuvre de Takeshiro Kanokogui : peintre japonais on Worldcat
7. Book: La vie et l'œuvre de Takeshiro Kanokogui : peintre japonais. 徳美. 松太郎. 宮本. 正清. Marchand. Louis. 1936-01-01. Institut Franco-Japonais de Kyôto, Maison Franco-Japonaise Tôkyô, Societe Franco-Japonaise de Kôbe.