Yoshishige Saitō (1904 - 2001)

Yoshishige Saitō (1904 - 2001) - photo 1

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

Tōshūsai Sharaku (1794)
Tōshūsai Sharaku
1794
Ogata Kenzan (1663 - 1743)
Ogata Kenzan
1663 - 1743
Varvara Dmitrievna Bubnova (1886 - 1983)
Varvara Dmitrievna Bubnova
1886 - 1983
Ivasa Matabei (1578 - 1650)
Ivasa Matabei
1578 - 1650
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839 - 1892)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
1839 - 1892
Mayuka Yamamoto (1964)
Mayuka Yamamoto
1964
Jiro Yoshihara (1905 - 1972)
Jiro Yoshihara
1905 - 1972
Chiharu Shiota (1972)
Chiharu Shiota
1972
Jun Hasegawa (1969)
Jun Hasegawa
1969
Kazuhide Takahama (1930 - 2010)
Kazuhide Takahama
1930 - 2010
Takeo Yamaguchi (1902 - 1983)
Takeo Yamaguchi
1902 - 1983
Rei Kawakubo (1942)
Rei Kawakubo
1942
Funakoshi Katsura (1951)
Funakoshi Katsura
1951
Shozo Shimamoto (1928 - 2013)
Shozo Shimamoto
1928 - 2013
Robert Frederick Blum (1857 - 1903)
Robert Frederick Blum
1857 - 1903
Yanagi Sōri (1915 - 2011)
Yanagi Sōri
1915 - 2011

Creators Abstract art

Jacques Levy (1935 - 2004)
Jacques Levy
1935 - 2004
Angelika Platen (1942)
Angelika Platen
1942
Anatoly Vladimirovich Treskin (1905 - 1986)
Anatoly Vladimirovich Treskin
1905 - 1986
Alexis Mérodack-Jeaneau (1873 - 1919)
Alexis Mérodack-Jeaneau
1873 - 1919
Ron Nagle (1939)
Ron Nagle
1939
Luigi Ontani (1943)
Luigi Ontani
1943
Sabina Sakoh (1968)
Sabina Sakoh
1968
John Stockton de Martelly (1903 - 1979)
John Stockton de Martelly
1903 - 1979
Lee Friedlander (1934)
Lee Friedlander
1934
Sage Vaughn (1976)
Sage Vaughn
1976
Richard Schur (1971)
Richard Schur
1971
Victor Burtas (1963)
Victor Burtas
1963
Franz Erhard Walther (1939)
Franz Erhard Walther
1939
Arun Bose (1934 - 2007)
Arun Bose
1934 - 2007
Ron Bloore (1925 - 2009)
Ron Bloore
1925 - 2009
Mercedes Jelinek (1985)
Mercedes Jelinek
1985