Yuki Ogura
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Yuki Ogura | |
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Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan | |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Known for | Painter |
| Notable work | Bathing Women |
| Movement | Nihonga |
| Awards | Order of Culture |
Yuki Ogura (小倉 遊亀, Ogura Yuki, 1 March 1895 – 23 July 2000) was a Japanese
Biography
Ogura was born in Ōtsu city, Shiga Prefecture and graduated from the Nara Women's Normal School (the predecessor of Nara Women's University). She was employed as a school teacher, but her interest in art led her to study under noted Nihonga painter Yukihiko Yasuda in 1920.
In 1926, her painting Kyuri ("Cucumbers") was selected for an Inten Exhibition by the
A very prolific artist, in 1976, she was selected to become a member of the Japan Art Academy (Nihon Geijitsu-in), and later become honorary chairperson of that organization. She was awarded the Order of Culture in 1980, and is one of only two women painters (the other being fellow Nihonga painter Uemura Shōen) to be so honored.
Her studio and home were located in
Famous works
- Yuami Onna ("Bathing Women", 1938)
- Oyako ("Mother and Child", 1961)
- Maiko ("Apprentice Geisha", 1962)
References
- Conant, Ellen P., Rimer, J. Thomas, Owyoung, Stephen. Nihonga: Transcending the Past : Japanese-Style Painting, 1868–1968. Weatherhill (1996). ISBN 0-8348-0363-1
- Mason, Penelope. History of Japanese Art. Prentice Hall (2004). ISBN 0-13-117602-1
- Ogura, Yuki. Ogura Yuki. Kodansha America (1988). ISBN 0-87011-868-4
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