Yoshishige Saitō (1904 - 2001)

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Yoshishige Saitō

Yoshishige Saitō was a Japanese visual artist and art educator.

Saitō was a seminal figure in Japanese art of the 20th century and a crucial link between the prewar avant-garde and postwar abstract art in Japan. From early on, he was exposed to Post-Impressionism and the avant-garde movements, including Russian constructivism and European Dada, as well as Western literature and Marxism. In the 1930s, he became active in the avant-garde art circles, while pursuing abstraction in paintings and wood reliefs, most notably the relief series of Kara kara and Toro Wood. All of his prewar works and related materials were lost to an air-raid fire in 1945, some of them were reconstructed in the 1970s.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:4 may 1904, Hirosaki, Japan
Date and place of death:13 june 2001, Yokohama, Japan
Nationality:Japan
Period of activity: XIX, XX century
Specialization:Artist, Educator, Graphic artist, Media artist, Painter, Sculptor
Genre:Figurative art
Art style:Abstract art, Avant-garde, Contemporary art

Creators Japan

Yoshitomo Nara (1959)
Yoshitomo Nara
1959
Rei Kawakubo (1942)
Rei Kawakubo
1942
Toyozo Arakawa (1894 - 1985)
Toyozo Arakawa
1894 - 1985
Ogata Korin (1658 - 1716)
Ogata Korin
1658 - 1716
Yasuo Kunyoshi (1893 - 1953)
Yasuo Kunyoshi
1893 - 1953
Shozo Shimamoto (1928 - 2013)
Shozo Shimamoto
1928 - 2013
Mayuka Yamamoto (1964)
Mayuka Yamamoto
1964
Tetsuo Mizù (1944)
Tetsuo Mizù
1944
Teruko Yokoi (1924 - 2020)
Teruko Yokoi
1924 - 2020
Hiroshi Sugimoto (1948)
Hiroshi Sugimoto
1948
Katsu Hamanaka (1895 - 1982)
Katsu Hamanaka
1895 - 1982
Shusaku Arakawa (1936 - 2010)
Shusaku Arakawa
1936 - 2010
Tsugouharu Foujita (1886 - 1968)
Tsugouharu Foujita
1886 - 1968
Kazuo Shiraga (1924 - 2008)
Kazuo Shiraga
1924 - 2008
Shibata Zeshin (1807 - 1891)
Shibata Zeshin
1807 - 1891
Noriyuki Haraguchi (1946)
Noriyuki Haraguchi
1946

Creators Abstract art

Kurt Wallstab (1920 - 2002)
Kurt Wallstab
1920 - 2002
Sergey Vasilyevich Volkov (1956)
Sergey Vasilyevich Volkov
1956
Liang Danfeng (1935 - 2021)
Liang Danfeng
1935 - 2021
Karl Heinz Essig (1935 - 2021)
Karl Heinz Essig
1935 - 2021
Gerhard Richter (1932)
Gerhard Richter
1932
Karin Davie (1965)
Karin Davie
1965
Patrick Réault (1955)
Patrick Réault
1955
William Merric Boyd (1888 - 1959)
William Merric Boyd
1888 - 1959
Werner Drewes (1899 - 1985)
Werner Drewes
1899 - 1985
Fabio Novembre (1966)
Fabio Novembre
1966
Pedro Figari (1861 - 1938)
Pedro Figari
1861 - 1938
Evan Penny (1953)
Evan Penny
1953
Wolfgang Werkmeister (1941)
Wolfgang Werkmeister
1941
Dea Murk (1932 - 2003)
Dea Murk
1932 - 2003
Ernest Rudolfovich Kontratovich (1912 - 2009)
Ernest Rudolfovich Kontratovich
1912 - 2009
Ben Nicholson (1894 - 1982)
Ben Nicholson
1894 - 1982