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| 1902 (Meiji 35) |
Born in Takamatsu, Kagawa. |
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| 1921 (Taisho 10) |
Graduates from Kagawa Prefectural Marugame
Middle School. Enrolls at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, Western Painting Course, and becomes a pupil of Takeji FUJISHIMA. |
| 1926 (Taisho 15) |
Gets married to Fumiko KATAOKA. First
selected his painting, 'Portrait of a Woman' for Teiten, Imperial Academy of Fine Arts Exhibition. |
| 1936 (Showa 11) |
Establishes Shinseisaku-ha Kyokai,Association
of the Artists for New Works, with 8 members. |
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| 1938 (showa 13) |
Goes to Paris with his wife. Visits Henri
MATISSE and obtains valuable advice and instruction from him. |
| 1940 (showa 15) |
World War II begins in 1939. It makes him back to Japan. A painting 'Mademoisell M' is his last work in Paris and also his best of all his realistic works. |
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| 1945 (showa 20) |
Sets up Denenchofu Institute of Art. Works
on the mural painting entitled 'Freedom' for the central concourse in JR Ueno station in 1951. Wins the 2nd Mainichi Art Prize for two mural paintings, 'Democracy' and 'Birth of Love' in 1951. |
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| 1955 (showa 30) |
Moves to New York to make a fresh start
in life as a painter,and stays for 20 years. |
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| 1975 (Showa 50) |
Transfers his studio to Hawaii because
of losing his health. |
| 1980 (showa 55) |
Receives the Honor of the Order of the
Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon. |
| 1991 (Heisei 3) |
Receives Marugame Honorary Citizenship
from Marugame city. Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art opens in November. |
| 1993 (Heisei 5) |
Wins the 34th Mainichi Artistic Award. Dies at St. Roka International Hospital, Tokyo on May 17. |
 Tokyo |
Takeji FUJISHIMA, Masayoshi ISE, Iwao
UCHIDA, Kei SATO, Yasushi SANTA, Makoto SUZUKI, Toshio NAKANISHI, Kazu WAKITA |
| Paris |
Henri MATISSE, Tsuguharu FUJITA, Saburo
MIYAMOTO, Shikanosuke OKA, Takanori OGISU |
| New
York |
Isamu NOGUCHI, John CAGE, Robert RAUSHENBERG,
Mark ROTHKO, Jasper JOHNS |
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Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum
of Contemporary Art Phone:0877-24-7755 FAX:0877-24-7766 |
| E-Mail: mimoca_info@mimoca.org |