Hiroyuki Tajima
Name
Hiroyuki Tajima
Culture
Japanese
Gender
Male
Birth date
1911
Birth place
Tokyo, Japan View on map Close map
Death date
1984
Occupations
Printmaker
Summary
Worked: Japan. Woodblock prints.
Context
Australia
Biography
> Graduated Nihon University 1932.
> Graduated Tokyo School of Fine Arts 1943.
> leading 20th century Master printmaker of Postwar Era.
> Sosaku Hanga (creative print) Movement artist and abstract & surrealist
> joined Bijutsu Bunka Kyokai (group of abstract & surrealist artists)
> studied printmaking under Nagase Yoshio 1891 - 1978 (sosaku hanga printmaker)
[information courtesy of Leslie Darnell 14 October 2010]