Ryumon Yasuda | |
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 Ryumon Yasuda in 1954, at the age 63 | |
| Born | Juemon Yasuda May 13, 1891 Ryumon Village, Naga District, Wakayama, Japan |
| Died | February 14, 1965 (aged 73) Sakai, Osaka, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Known for | Sculpture, drawing |
| Notable work | Minakata Kumagusu Zou, 1965 Haha to Ko, 1917 |
Ryumon Yasuda (保田 龍門, Yasuda Ryūmon, May 13, 1891 – February 14, 1965) was a Japanese painter and sculptor.
Yasuda was born as Juemon Yasuda in Ryumon Village, Naga District (now Kinokawa City) in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan in 1891.[1][2]
He was inspired to pursue arts after seeing Hishida Shunsō's "The Fallen Leaves" at an art exhibition by the Ministry of Education, known as Bunten, held in Ueno, Tokyo. He went on to undertake studies in painting at the Pacific Ocean Picture Aassociation Laboratory and entered Tōkyō Bijutsu Gakkō (present-day Tokyo University of the Arts), Department of Western Pictures in 1912.
While attending school he submitted an artwork for the Nikaten Arts Exhibition and was selected. At the 11th Kaibunten in 1917 (Taisho 6), he received a special prize for his piece "Mother and Child". Afterwards, he began studying sculptures at the Nihon Bijutsuin Institute and thereafter the Nihon Bijutsuin Exhibition became an outlet for his works.
Yasuda visited the United States of America in 1920, and then travelled to Paris via San Francisco and New York City the next year. He was taught sculpture under the guidance of Bourdelle, who was the assistant of Rodin. He visited various places of interest in Europe including the atelier of Aristide Maillol in southern France during his time abroad.
After learning of his mother's death, Yasuda returned to Japan in 1923. After he returned home, he stopped production in Tokyo and built a studio designed by Isaku Nishimura in his hometown of Wakayama, moving the base of operations there before moving permanently to Sakai, Osaka. Yasuda exhibited profound influence on the artworld of Kansai, going on to teach the next generation of artists after World War II at the Institute of Osaka City Art, Wakayama University.
He died in 1965 at the age of 73.[3]
