Goro Kumagai

Goro Kumagai studied at Musashino Art University. The recorded working language is Japanese. Employment is recorded with Saitama University, Musashino Art University and Bunka Gakuen University. Work by Goro Kumagai is recorded in the collections of Picker Art Gallery, Print Collection, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Philadelphia Museum of Art and Minneapolis Institute of Art.

• Name — Goro Kumagai • Native Name — 熊谷吾良 • Other Names — Gorō Kumagai • Born — 1932 • Birthplace — Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Empire of Japan (now Japan) • Died — 24 January 2017 • Place of death — Hirosaki, Japan • Education — Musashino Art University • Occupation — Visual artist, educator, illustrator • Known for — Woodcuts

Kumagai was born in 1932, in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Empire of Japan. He graduated in 1956 from the department of Western painting at the Musashino Art University in Kodaira, Japan. Kumagai taught woodblock printing at Saitama University, from 1961 until 1998. He was a member of the Japan Print Association, from 1961 until 1971; and a member of the Kokugakai (the National Painting Association) starting in 1963. In 1964, he exhibited at the 4th Tokyo International Print Biennale. In 2016, Kumagai illustrated a Japanese book of essays cover, "How to Find the Best Hirosaki" (2016) by faculty members of Hirosaki Gakuin University. Kumagai's artwork is in museum collections, including at in the Art Institute of Chicago; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the Minneapolis Institute of Art; the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in Victoria, Canada; the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, D.C.; and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C..