Yasushi Sugiyama
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Yasushi Sugiyama (杉山 寧, Sugiyama Yasushi, 20 October 1909–20 October 1993) was a Japanese painter of the Shōwa and Heisei eras, who practiced the nihonga style of watercolour painting.
Biography[]
Sugiyama was born in 1909 in Asakusa, the eldest son of the owner of a stationery shop. In 1928, Sugiyama enrolled in the Tokyo Art School (now the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music). He formed the "rossogasha" (瑠爽画社) along with and , and participated positively in the movement to reform nihonga. His paintings are characteristized by peacefulness filled with a sense of security, owing to excellent sketching ability and solid construction.
In 1958, his eldest daughter married Yukio Mishima. As a reason for choosing her, Mishima suggested "because she was the daughter of an artist, so she wouldn't hold to many of the illusions people have about artists".
He received a commission to design the carpets of Tokyo Imperial Palace. His stylized pattern of clouds (kumo) was used in the Shunju-no-Ma, a grand hall with an area of 608 square meters, or about 184 tsubo. He also designed the pattern of grass (kusa), which was used in the Houmei-Den, the largest hall with an area of 915 square meters, or about 280 tsubo.[1]
In 1974, Sugiyama was awarded the Order of Culture.
Famous works[]
- 穹 (1964, Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "The Imperial Palace". www.kunaicho.go.jp. Imperial Household Agency.
- 1909 births
- 1993 deaths
- 20th-century Japanese painters
- Nihonga painters
- Artists from Tokyo
- Recipients of the Order of Culture
- Tokyo School of Fine Arts alumni
- Japanese painter stubs