was a Japanese painter.
Early life
Nishiyama Suishō was born "Nishiyama Usaburo" in Kyoto in 1879. He studied with
Takeuchi Seihō
(December 20, 1864 – August 23, 1942) was a Japanese painter of the ''Nihonga'' genre, active from the Meiji through the early Shōwa period. One of the founders of ''nihonga'', his works spanned half a century and he was regarded as master o ...
(1864-1942), a famous painter from Kyoto. In 1915, he married Takeuchi Tei, one of his master's daughters.
Career
In 1899, Nishiyama graduated from Kyoto City School of Arts and Crafts. Soon after, he became head of Kyoto City Specialist School of Painting. In time, he and Kikuchi Keigetsu (1879-1955) became important figures in the Kyoto art world. Nishiyama exhibited in Teiten, Bunten, and Inten, art exhibitions sponsored by the government. Also, he was a member of the Imperial Art Academy and Imperial Household Art Committee. He received the Order of Cultural Merit in 1957.
Nishiyama was most well known for his paintings and, thus, produced few prints.
Notable Pupils
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Tatsu Hirota
was a Japanese painter.
Tatsu Hirota was born in Kyoto, Japan, where she lived until her death in 1990. Hirota is best known for her paintings of ''jinbutsu'' (figure painting). She is widely noted for her paintings of nudes and maiko girls.
E ...
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Kuma Mukai
was a Japanese painter born in Osaka Prefecture, Japan in 1908. He lived for some time in Kamakura before his death in Tokyo in 1987. He is well known for his paintings of nude women, Buddhist images, and floral designs.
Early life
After he gr ...
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Nakamura Daizaburō
References
External links
*http://www.myjapanesehanga.com/home/artists/suisho-nishiyama-1879-1958
*http://www.artelino.com/articles/new_japanese_prints.asp
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1879 births
1958 deaths
20th-century Japanese painters
Imperial household artists