Takeshirō Kanokogi
Also recorded as Kanokogi Takeshirō · Kanokoji Takeshiro · Takeshiro Kanokogi
Takeshirō Kanokogi

Takeshirō Kanokogi · Christie's, LotFinder: entry 2860415 (sale 9728, lot 121) · Public domain
- Name
- Takeshiro Kanokogi
- Birthplace
- Okayama Prefecture
- Field
- Painting
- Training
- Académie Julian
- Died
- 1941 Takeshiro Kanokogi was a Japanese painter.
- Born
- 1874 · Okayama.
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- painter · artist
- Fields
- portrait
- Movements
- academic art · Yōga
- Teachers
- Koyama Shōtarō · Jean-Paul Laurens · Émile-René Ménard
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
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Takeshirō Kanokogi (1874–1941) was an artist and painter, of Japanese nationality. The artist was born in Okayama and died in Sakyō-ku.
Takeshirō Kanokogi was educated at Académie Julian. The artist worked for Kansai Art Academy. Takeshirō Kanokogi was associated with academic art and Yōga.
The work spans portrait. Languages used include French and Japanese. Works are held at Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art. Honours include Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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Biography
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Takeshirō Kanokogi studied at Académie Julian. Training under Koyama Shōtarō, Jean-Paul Laurens and Émile-René Ménard is recorded. Seifū Tsuda, Hatsusaburō Yoshida and Yori Saitō are recorded as having studied under Takeshirō Kanokogi. The recorded working language is Japanese and French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Employment is recorded with Kansai Art Academy. Work by Takeshirō Kanokogi is recorded in the collections of Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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• Name — Takeshiro Kanokogi • Birthplace — Okayama Prefecture • Field — Painting • Training — Académie Julian • Died — 1941 Takeshiro Kanokogi was a Japanese painter.
Biography
Biography
Takeshiro Kanokogi studied with painters Matsubata Sangoro and later Koyama Shōtarō in Tokyo. He traveled back and forth to Paris France several times, at first when he was 26 years old. He spent around seven years in the city, during which time he studied with Jean-Paul Laurens and Émile-René Ménard at the Académie Julian. He is known for portrait, figure, land and seascape painting in the Western style.
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Images
• Illustration — European Woman • Illustration — Moon • Illustration — Dr. Kaio Hirase • Illustration — 1923 Great Kantō earthquake 1923 • Illustration — Lady with a Red rose • Illustration — Drawing, signed with Futō
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• Hiroshima Museum of Art • Kurashiki City Art Museum • Musée d'Orsay
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scholarly publication
- Kanokogi, Takeshiro, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
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- “Takeshirō Kanokogi”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.KANOKOGI, Takeshiro (1874 - 1941), Painter : Benezit Dictionary of Artists - oi. 31 October 2011. 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00097043.
- 2.Kanokogi Takeshiro - Artist Biography for Kanokogi Takeshiro. www.askart.com.
- 3.Nihon no Bijutsu 352. - LibraryWiki. library.osu.edu.
- 4.KANOKOGI Takeshiro - Modern Japanese Paintings - [HIROSHIMA MUSEUM OF ART]. www.hiroshima-museum.jp.
- 5.Musée d'Orsay: Notice d'Artiste. www.musee-orsay.fr.
- 6.La vie et l’œuvre de Takeshiro Kanokogui : peintre japonais on Worldcat
- 7.徳美, 松太郎. La vie et l'œuvre de Takeshiro Kanokogui : peintre japonais. Institut Franco-Japonais de Kyôto , Maison Franco-Japonaise Tôkyô , Societe Franco-Japonaise de Kôbe. 1936-01-01.
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