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Kei Hiraga

Kei Hiraga (1936 - 2000) was active/lived in Japan.  Kei Hiraga is known for Painting.

Kei Hiraga was born in Tokyo in 1936, a time of great uncertainty as the threat of war had cast a dark cloud over the city.

He was educated in economics, once Key Hiraga gained his father's approval in the late 1950s to pursue an artistic career, he threw himself into artistic pursuits.  Using the symbolic charisma of abstract expressions as a response to the concurrent artistic movements in Europe and America, Key Hiraga created a unique school of artistic style to call his own.

As a young boy, Hiraga dreamed of becoming a painter.  He later went on to work at a tattoo parlour in Asakusa where he designed intricate tattoos for American occupational soldiers. Asakusa, also known as Hanamachi, was a place for the hedonists, woman-seekers, hunters of sensual pleasures in old Japan; the wild cast of characters Hiraga must have encountered play a large role in the artist’s body of work throughout his career.    ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4562 characters.]  Artist bio

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