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Lot Essay
Kawabata Minoru is the grandson of the well-known Meiji-period painter Kawabata Gyokusho (1842-1913). His teacher at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, Fujishima Takeji (1867-1943) was himself a student of Kawabata Gyokusho.
A founding member of the Shinseisaku Kyokai (the New Creation Society) Kawabata was considered, early in his career, a fully modern and international artist and his record of exhibitions and awards in Japan, Europe and America is extensive. He taught at Tama University of Fine Arts in Tokyo from 1950 to 1955, and at The New School for Social Research in Manhattan for over three decades. Having moved to the United States in 1958, he exhibited from 1960 to 1981 at the Betty Parsons Gallery in Manhattan, and later at the Jack Tilton Gallery. His work is included in museum, corporate, and private collections worldwide.
Two paintings by Kawabata Minoru were sold in these Rooms on April 27, 1994 in the sale of Contemporary Japanese Art from the Collection of Blanchette H. Rockefeller, April 27, 1994, lots 22 and 30.
A founding member of the Shinseisaku Kyokai (the New Creation Society) Kawabata was considered, early in his career, a fully modern and international artist and his record of exhibitions and awards in Japan, Europe and America is extensive. He taught at Tama University of Fine Arts in Tokyo from 1950 to 1955, and at The New School for Social Research in Manhattan for over three decades. Having moved to the United States in 1958, he exhibited from 1960 to 1981 at the Betty Parsons Gallery in Manhattan, and later at the Jack Tilton Gallery. His work is included in museum, corporate, and private collections worldwide.
Two paintings by Kawabata Minoru were sold in these Rooms on April 27, 1994 in the sale of Contemporary Japanese Art from the Collection of Blanchette H. Rockefeller, April 27, 1994, lots 22 and 30.