A1331

熊谷守一

| 1880-04-02 | 1977-08-01

KUMAGAI Morikazu

| 1880-04-02 | 1977-08-01

Names

熊谷守一
KUMAGAI Morikazu (index name)
Kumagai Morikazu (display name)
熊谷守一 (Japanese display name)
くまがいもりかず (transliterated hiragana)

Date of birth

1880-04-02

Birth place

Ena District, Gifu Prefecture

Date of death

1977-08-01

Death place

Toshima-ku, Tokyo

Gender

Male

Fields of activity

Painting
Sculpture
Calligraphy

1962: Kumagai Morikazu ten, Nihombashi Shirokiya, 1962.

1970: Kumagai Morikazu ten, The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, 1970.

1985: Hetamo e no uchi: Kumagai Morikazu no atorie to kurashi, Toshima kuritsu Kyōdo Shiryō-kan, 1985.

1991: Kumagai Morikazu ten: Uchū ni asobu dōshin, The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu and Tendo City Museum of Art and Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art and The Ehime Prefectural Art Museum, 1991–1992.

1997: “Kumagai Morikazu” ten (Morikazu Kumagai: 1880–1977), Tendo City Museum of Art and Ashikaga Museum of Art and Hamamatsu Municipal Museum of Art and Iida City Museum, 1997–1998.

2002: Kumagai Morikazu monogatari: Heta mo e no uchi tenrankai, The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, 2002.

2007: Kumagai Morikazu ten: Tenyo no shikisai kyūkyoku no katachi: Botsugo 30-nen, Yorozu Tetsugoro Memorial Museum of Art and Nariwa Town Museum and Tendo City Museum of Art and Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, 2007–2008.

2008: Inochi no katachi: Kumagai Morikazu ten, The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, 2008.

2014: Morikazu no iru basho: Kumagai Morikazu, The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, 2014.

2017: Botsugo 40-nen: Kumagai Morikazu: Ikiru yorokobi (Kumagai Morikazu: The Joy of Life), The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and The Museum of Art, Ehime, 2017–2018.

2025: Meguru inochi Kumagai Morikazu bijutsukan 40-shūnen ten, Kumagai Morikazu Museum of Art, 2025.

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture
The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki
The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu
Kumagai Morikazu Tsukechi Museum of Art, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Tendo City Museum of Art, Yamagata Prefecture
Kumagai Morikazu Museum of Art, Tokyo

2019: Tokyo Bunkazai Kenkyūjo (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties). “Kumagai Morikazu.” Nihon Bijutsu Nenkan Shosai Bukkosha Kiji. Last modified 2019-06-06. (in Japanese). https://www.tobunken.go.jp/materials/bukko/9690.html

日本美術年鑑 / Year Book of Japanese Art

画壇の最長老で、もと二科会、二紀会委員の洋画家、熊谷守一は、8月1日、午前4時35分、肺炎のため東京都豊島区の自宅で死去した。享年97。岐阜県の小村に生まれ、明治37年東京美術学校西洋画科を卒業、同期に青木繁、和田三造、山下新太郎などがいたが、卒業後、政府の樺太調査隊に参加したり、その後は郷里の木曾山中で5年間にわたり樵夫の生活をおくるなど特異な経歴をもち、友人のすすめで上京、大正中期から昭和前期...

「熊谷守一」『日本美術年鑑』昭和53年版(267-269頁)

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