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Takeo Yamaguchi

Biography

1983 Died at the age of 87

1954 Appointed professor of Musashino Art University (〜74)​
1931 Returned to Seoul from France 
1927 Graduated from Tokyo Fine Arts Academy, and traveled to France to call on Saeki Yuzo

1902 Born in Seoul, Korea

Solo Exhibitions

2009

Yamaguchi Takeo‘Line and Sumi’, NAKACHO KONISHI ARTS, Tokyo

1993

(〜94) RETOROSPECTIVE TAKEO YAMAGUCHI, Kagoshima City Museum of Art / Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City

/ Shimonoseki City Art Museum / The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama

1987

Exhibition of Yamaguchi Takeo, Nerima Art Museum

1983

Exhibition, Athens Gallery / Yayoi Gallery, Tokyo

1980

Exhibition of Yamaguchi Takeo, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art

1976

Solo exhibition, Kasahara Gallery, Osaka

1963

Solo exhibition, Nihonbashi Gallery, N.Y.

1961

solo exhibition after the war, Minami Gallery, Tokyo

(1965, 1968, 1972, 1975)

1939 

solo exhibition, Seijyu-sha Gallery / Tokyo ​

Group Exhibitions

2012

ART OF ANOTHER KIND - International Abstraction and Guggenheim, 1949-1960 -, Guggenheim Museum

2009

Yamaguchi Takeo / Lee U-fan, WILDENSTEIN / Tokyo

2006

Exhibition of Yamaguchi Takeo and Wakita Kazu, Okawa Museum of Art

1994

JAPANESE ART AFTER 1945, Yokohama Museum of Art / Guggenheim Museum

/ San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 2006 Exhibition of Yamaguchi Takeo and Wakita Kazu, Okawa Museum of Art

1989

Exhibition of Yamaguchi Takeo and Saito Yoshishige, sponsored by The Japan Foundation, Museum of Modern Art / Brussels, Belgium

1980

Exhibition YAMAGUCHI Takeo & HORIUCHI Masakazu, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Exhibition of Yamaguchi Takeo,

Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art / Hukuoka

1970

Exhibited in Japan EXPO’70, EXPO Museum of Fine Arts / Osaka

1965

Contemporary Japanese Artists, Kunsthaus Türich The New Japanese Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art,

N.Y. (went on a tour to 6 exhibition halls around USA)

1963

Exhibited in the 7th São Paulo Biennial

1960

Group exhibition (by 6 japanese artists), Gres Gallery, with Okada Kenzo, Katsura Yukiko,

Kawabata Minoru, Onosato Toshinobu and Kusama Yayoi / Washington D.C., USA

1958

The 2nd Guggenheim International Award Exhibition, Guggenheim Museum / N.Y., USA

1956

Exhibited in the 28th Venice Biennial

1955

Exhibited in the 3rd São Paulo Biennial

1931

Exhibited in the Nika Exhibition (withdrew by 71) / Tokyo

Award

1961

Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts

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