Matazo Kayama 3 (Japan, 1927-2004)

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JAPAN
Matazo Kayama
(1927-2004)
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Cat (woodcut) 2002
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Still life
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Soaring
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Namitoturu jyu A Thousand Cranes, 1991 (red)
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Namitoturu fuku A Thousand Cranes, 1991
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Peony
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Red and white plum
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Moon 1978 National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
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A Thousand Cranes, 1970
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A Thousand Cranes, 1970 National Museum of
Modern Art, Tokyo
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Hana 1978 National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
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The World of Modern Japanese Masters Exhibition C
herry blossoms 1982
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Shungetsu (Spring moon)
1972
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Cherry blossoms at night, 1993
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Awatsuki 1996
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Cherry Blossoms at Night
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Star Festival six-panel folding screen
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Star Festival (Fragment) six-panel folding screen
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Setsugetsuka 1967 six-panel folding screen
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Milky Way (1968)
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Milky Way (1968)
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Milky Way (1968)
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Milky Way (1968) Fragment
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Cherry blossoms 1982
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Snowy Landscape in the Northern Song Manner
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Waves in Spring and Autumn The National Museum of
Modern Art, Tokyo
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Waves in Spring and Autumn (Fragment)
Kai Tsugaru Owani Onsen Aomori (Fragment)
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Kai Tsugaru Owani Onsen Aomori
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A thousand cranes The National Museum of Modern
Art, Tokyo
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A thousand cranes The National Museum of Modern
Art, Tokyo
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The silver foil on the background is sprinkled
finely, creating a dreamy atmosphere
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Text pictures Internet Copyright All the
images belong to their authors Presentation
Sanda Foisoreanu
2016
Sound James Galway - Michio Miyagi -
Haro no umi
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Matazo Kayama (1927-2004) was born in Kyoto.
Kayama started making art, and when he was 13
years old he entered the Japanese Painting
Academy in Kyoto. In 1949, he graduated from the
Tokyo University of the Arts with a degree in
painting. Around 1960 he traveled, gave
exhibitions, and held conferences abroad.
Starting in 1950, he participated in expositions
of The Association of Young Artists (Shinseisaku
gakai), wherein he was awarded four times. He
became a famous painter in his early 30's. From
1958 on, he participated in international
expositions of modern Japanese artists. In 1967,
he also participated in the exhibition
Masterpieces of Modern Japanese Painting at the
State Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg and at
the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. In 1957, he was
granted the Young Painters Prize in the Asahi
News. In 1973 he was granted the prize for
Japanese Art and, in 1980, he received the Prize
of the Ministry of Culture. He became a professor
at the Tokyo University of the Arts in 1988. He
had held a private exhibition in Paris in 1990.
He held exhibitions at the Central Museum of
Beijing (1993) and British Museum (1996)