Key Sato
Key Sato (28 October 1906 – 8 May 1978) was a Japanese painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics. His first exhibition in Paris took place in 1954 at the Mirador Gallery, and he went on to join the Massol Gallery in 1959.
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Key Sato
大阪毎日新聞社 / Osaka Mainichi Shinbun · "Showa Day by Day" volume 4, Kodansha Co., 1989. p.73 『昭和 二万日の全記録 第4巻』講談社、1989年、p.73 · Public domain
- Name
- Key Sato
- Occupation
- Painter
- Born
- 28 October 1906
- Birthplace
- Oita, Japan
- Died
- 8 May 1978
- Place of death
- Beppu, Japan
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Key Sato (28 October 1906 – 8 May 1978) was a Japanese painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics. His first exhibition in Paris took place in 1954 at the Mirador Gallery, and he went on to join the Massol Gallery in 1959.
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He made his debut at the Salon de Mai in 1955 where he exhibited until 1961, travelling vastly in Europe and the United States.
(Right, black jacket and bow tie) Key Sato is a Japanese painter. (Left, gray suit and necktie) Eiji Usami Japanese art critic.
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Kei Sato (1901-1978) was a Japanese painter.
美術出版社 (Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, Ltd.) · 「パリの日本人画家たち 佐藤敬」『美術手帖』美術出版社, 1960年から1962年までのどこかの号
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• Name — Key Sato • Occupation — Painter • Born — 28 October 1906 • Birthplace — Oita, Japan • Died — 8 May 1978 • Place of death — Beppu, Japan
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- 3.Joie de pierre Collection Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. collections.mnbaq.org.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 7
- Dictionnaire Bénézit. Dictionnaire des peintres,sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs. éditions Gründ. 12. 13440. 1999. 2700030222.
- Jacques Busse, Un instantané de Key Sato ou la tommette, Prisme des Arts, Paris, , .
- Bernard Dorival (dir.), Peintres Contemporains, Mazenod, Paris, 1964.
- Jean-Clarence Lambert, La peinture abstraite, in: Histoire Générale de la peinture, tome 23, Rencontre, Lausanne, 1966.
- Michel Ragon, Vingt-cinq ans d'art vivant, Casterman, Paris, 1969.
- Dictionnaire universel de la peinture, Le Robert, Paris, 1975.
- L'École de Paris 1945-1965, Ides et Calendes, Neuchâtel, 1993.
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