Katsu Hamanaka (1895 - 1982) - photo 1

Katsu Hamanaka

Katsu Hamanaka is a Japanese artist. He studied applied arts in Tokyo, notably with the great Japanese lacquerer, Katsutaro Yamazaki. Attracted by the West, Hamanaka went to France in 1924 with his wife, where he came into contact with master lacquerer Seizo Sugawara with whom he deepened his traditional Japanese lacquer technique. Passionate about working with lacquer, Hamanaka chooses to practice this art in the purest Japanese craft tradition. His style was, in its beginnings, inspired by traditional Japanese geometric patterns. From 1929, Hamanaka began to exhibit his work regularly in Parisian salons (Salon des Artistes Indépendants, Salon d'Automne, Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Salon des Tuileries, etc.). It mainly presents Japanese lacquer screens, more rarely monumental decorative panels and pieces of furniture in collaboration with fashionable decorators at the time. Between a traditional technique of exceptional quality and a resolutely modern style, Hamanaka was acclaimed by critics and notably received the Grand Prix for his monumental panel representing The Three Graces presented at the 1937 International Exhibition of Arts and Techniques in Paris.
Date and place of birt:1895, Japan
Date and place of death:1982
Nationality:France, Japan
Period of activity: XX century
Specialization:Artist, Designer, Furniture maker, Painter
Art style:Contemporary art
Technique:Lacquer
Medium:Lacquered wood, Sycamore, Wood

Creators France

Pierre-Francois Guignard (1740 - 1794)
Pierre-Francois Guignard
1740 - 1794
Yervand Kochar (1899 - 1979)
Yervand Kochar
1899 - 1979
Paul Gavarni (1804 - 1866)
Paul Gavarni
1804 - 1866
Fernand Lantoine (1876 - 1956)
Fernand Lantoine
1876 - 1956
Charles de Groux (Degroux) (1825 - 1870)
Charles de Groux (Degroux)
1825 - 1870
Alphonse Osbert (1857 - 1939)
Alphonse Osbert
1857 - 1939
Charles Krier (1742)
Charles Krier
1742
Jean Pougny (1892 - 1956)
Jean Pougny
1892 - 1956
Alexis Grimou (1678 - 1733)
Alexis Grimou
1678 - 1733
Alexandre Istrati (1915 - 1991)
Alexandre Istrati
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James Wilson Morrice (1865 - 1924)
James Wilson Morrice
1865 - 1924
Pierre Gutierre (1732 - 1813)
Pierre Gutierre
1732 - 1813
Suzanne Ramié (1905 - 1974)
Suzanne Ramié
1905 - 1974
Jean Leclerc (1587 - 1633)
Jean Leclerc
1587 - 1633
Henri Cadiou (1906 - 1989)
Henri Cadiou
1906 - 1989
Manuel Rendón Seminario (1894 - 1982)
Manuel Rendón Seminario
1894 - 1982

Creators Contemporary art

Idris Khan (1978)
Idris Khan
1978
Li Yuan-chia (1929 - 1994)
Li Yuan-chia
1929 - 1994
Piero Gilardi (1942 - 2023)
Piero Gilardi
1942 - 2023
Alexey Ivanovich Polyakov (1943)
Alexey Ivanovich Polyakov
1943
Terence Koh (1977)
Terence Koh
1977
Andreas Gursky (1955)
Andreas Gursky
1955
Tina Tahir (1973)
Tina Tahir
1973
Neil Lawson Baker (1938 - 2022)
Neil Lawson Baker
1938 - 2022
Theodore Roszak (1907 - 1981)
Theodore Roszak
1907 - 1981
Zhan Wang (1962)
Zhan Wang
1962
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (1977)
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
1977
Phil Sims (1940)
Phil Sims
1940
Pierre Courtens (1921 - 2004)
Pierre Courtens
1921 - 2004
Alexander Mikhailovich Semyonov (1922 - 1984)
Alexander Mikhailovich Semyonov
1922 - 1984
Berlinde de Bruyckere (1964)
Berlinde de Bruyckere
1964
Herman de Vries (1931)
Herman de Vries
1931