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Sotaro Yasui
Sotaro Yasui
1888 - 1955
Born in Kyoto, Japan.
Artist`s Chronoligy
1904 studied under Chu Asai at Kansai Bijutsuin (Fine Arts Academy of Western Japan)
1907 studied at the Académie Julian in France. Later on, he continued his own study and was strongly influenced by the styles of Paul Cézanne
1935 became a member of the Imperial Fine Arts Academy.
1944 taught as a professor of Tokyo University of Arts, along with Ryuzaburo Umehara.
1952 received the Order of Culture from the Japanese government.
1955 died of pneumoniain.
Exhibitions (selected)
1978 "Sotaro Yasui" Mie Prefectural Art Museum
1989 "Sotaro Yasui : The Centennial Anniversary of his Birth" Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art
1998 "Sotaro Yasui : The 110th Anniversary of his Birth" Sogo Museum of Art
2005 "Yasui Sotaro : The 50th Anniversary of his Death" Mie Prefectural Art Museum
