Takeji Fujishima
1867 - 1943
Born Kagoshima, Japan
Artist`s Chronology
1884 came to Tokyo and become a disciple of Gyokusho Kawabata
1896 on referral of Seiki Kuroda, he become an assistant professor at Tokyo Art University that just set up Western painting department
1905 went abroad to Europe, and studied in Paris and Rome for 4 years. After returned, he became a professor of Tokyo Art University
1912 Establishd“Hongo European Painting research institute” with Saburosuke Okada
1933 visited Taiwan for three years, and was the judge for “Taiwan Art Exhibition” in 1935
1924 became a member of Japan Art Academy
1937 received the Cultural Medal along with Saburosuke Okada
Exhibitions (selected)
1955 "Takeji Fushima" Kagoshima city Museum of Art
1967 "Takeji Fujishima -mark the 100th anniversary of the birth-" Osaka Municipal Museum of Fine Art, Osaka / Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo
1983 "Takeji Fujishima -mark the 40th anniversary of the birth-" Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Mie, / The Museum on Modern Art,
Kamakura and Hayama, Kanagawa
1987 "The hidden Takeji Fujishima – From the collection of Eiji Okawa" The Museum of Modern Art Kamakura and Hayama, Kanagawa
2002 "Its marks 50th anniversary of the birth of Bridgestone Museusm, Takeji Fujishima solo Exhibition", Bridgestone Museum, Tokyo
2011 "Takeji Fujishima | Saburosuke Okada" Sogo Museum of Art / Mie Prefectural Art Museum / Hiroshima Art Prefectural Museum
