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Kishida Ryūsei

Western-style painter
Era: Meiji–Shōwa / 1891–1929 (about 38 years)
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1891

Birth

Born in Ginza, Tokyo, son of the journalist and businessman Kishida Ginkō.

1908

Studying Western painting

He studied Western-style painting at Kuroda Seiki's studio.

1912

New painters' group

With friends he formed the Fusain group and held exhibitions of new painting.

1915

Sōdosha

He founded the Sōdosha group and painted the detailed local scene Road Cut Through a Hill.

1917

To Kugenuma

To recover from illness, he moved to Kugenuma in Kanagawa.

1918

Portraits of Reiko

He began his series of portraits of his daughter Reiko.

1923

To Kyoto

His home damaged in the Great Kantō Earthquake, he moved to Kyoto.

1929

Final days

Returning from a trip to Manchuria, he died of illness in Yamaguchi.

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