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.