Tanaka Ryohei

Born: 1933

Selected worksBiography, Chronology, Collections

Selected Works

A Quiet Day in Ohara
1991
107/150
An Entrance No. 1
1993
128/150
Chishaku-In
2002
119/150
Chomeiji-Temple
1995
57/150
Daytime at a Beach
2008
11/100
Gion-Nishijin
1994
90/150
Kawakubo No. 2
1991
106/150
Kitayama Sugi (Nakagawa)
2007
5/150
Koshihata No. 2
2008
19/100
Kyoto No. 9: Ishibe's Alley
1996
106/150
Kyoto No. 30: Ninnaji-Temple
2000
66/150
Kyoto No. 33: Tatsumibashi-Bridge
2002
82/150
Orange Tree
2008
43/100
Roofs of Kurama Road
1994
54/120
Sogabe Village
1989
119/150
Sogabe No. 2
1995
76/150
Spring Village No. 2
2005
18/100
Summer Day No. 6
1992
55/150
Temple Roof
1994
86/150
Washing Day
1994
81/150
Washing Day No. 3
2007
18/100
 

Biography:

In 1963, when he was well beyond school age, Tanaka started his career under Furuno-sensei.  What lured Tanaka into the arts was the medium: etching.  Unlike many of his peers, Tanaka knew what he wanted to depict:  the world in which he came from and lived and in particular where man and nature combined.  His minutely accurate etchings focus on thatched-roof farmhouses and threadlike tree branches that are quickly disappearing from the Japanese landscape.  Human figures play almost no part in Tanaka’s works, but they are implied at every turn.  Their absence, along with his color selection of umber, black, greenish gray tones provide a sense of quiet and distance.  What grabs Tanaka as an artist also grabs us:  the use of etching to bring life and spirit to a place of habitation – a place that we may call our own.

Chronology:

1933

Born in Takatusuki City, Osaka

1963

Studied etching with Professor Furuno Yoshio

1966

Started exhibiting with JPA and became a regular member in 1973

1967 to present

Intermittent solo shows, Yamada Gallery, Kyoto

1971

Kansai Kokugakai show, New Talent Prize

1971, 1981,1983, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1999

Solo show, Yoseido Gallery, Toyko

1972

Kokugakai show, Top Prize

1974, 1977

Solo show, Hendricks Gallery, Maryland

1979

Traveling exhibition of modern Japanese prints, Peking and Shanghai

1980, 1987, 1997

Solo show, Azuma Gallery, Wahsington

1984 to present

Solo show, Gilbert Luber Gallery, Pennsylvania

1987 to present

Solo show, Tolman Collection

1990

Group show, Retretti Are Centre, Finland

1992

 Traveling solo show, Azuma Gallery, Washington; Verne Collection, Ohio

1992, 1997 Solo show, Ren Brown Collection, California
1998 Solo show, Nantenso Gallery, Kobe
2000 Solo show, Art Shop Ezoshi, Kyoto

Collections:


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