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Akira Tanaka

Akira Tanaka (1918 - 1982) was active/lived in United States, France, Japan.  Akira Tanaka is known for Abstract figures and portraits of solemn, cheerless persons going about daily life.

Akira Tanaka /(1918-1982) is a Japanese figurative painter who mainly worked in France. We owe him in particular numerous scenes describing the daily life of the Parisians, his main source of inspiration.

Born in Osaka in 1918, Tanaka studied at the School of Fine Arts of Kyoto (1943) before settling permanently in France in 1959 (in direct line with other Japanese artists such as Tsuguharu Foujita or Takanori Oguiss).


Starting in 1955, he participates in several exhibitions (in Japan, United States, Australia as well as New Zealand) and receives in 1957 the 1st Prize of the Japanese critics («Grand Shell Prize») and the Grand Prize of the Kodobijutsu show.
Source:Website of Tutt Art, 2020

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