Matazo Kayama 2 (Japan, 1927-2004)

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JAPAN
Matazo Kayama
(1927-2004)
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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)
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Yuki Sakurajima (Sakurajima Covered in Snow) Hori
Art Museum
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Siesta
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Wolves 1956
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Wolves detail
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Winter 1957 The National Museum of Modern Art,
Tokyo
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Full moon light
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Winter
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Winter valley
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Sakasu no uma (Circus horses)
Camel and people (1957)
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Afflicted deer
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
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Horses
White Horse By House (1955)
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Grassland The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
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The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
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The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
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Kimono for a formal visit with cherry blossoms
motif
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Vase
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Square dish with ivy motif , underglaze iron,
gold and silver
Square dish with cherry blossoms motif carved in
shallow relief
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Peony Ceramic plate 2003
Ceramic bowl
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Seibutsu (still life)
Still life
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Plum blossoms red and white 1990
Ume (plum)
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White plum (detail)
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Fly 1981
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Zuisho (Auspicious Sign) Hori Art Museum
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Tao 1996
White Peony 1985
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Red Plum 2001
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Day round Hori Art Museum
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First month
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Dragon ceiling painting Kumoryuzu Zen temple
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Dragons
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Moonlight waves (1979)
Fragment
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