Kuroda Seiki
Japanese artist (1866–1924) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this Japanese name, the surname is Kuroda.
Viscount Kuroda Seiki (黒田 清輝, August 9, 1866 – July 15, 1924) was a Japanese painter and teacher, noted for bringing Western art theory and practice to a wide Japanese audience.
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Born | Kuroda Shintarō (1866-08-09)August 9, 1866 Kagoshima, Japan |
Died | July 15, 1924(1924-07-15) (aged 57) Tokyo, Japan |
Known for | Painter |
Movement | Yōga |
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He was among the leaders of the yōga (or Western-style) movement in late 19th and early 20th-century Japanese painting, and has come to be remembered in Japan as "the father of Western-style painting."[1]