Kimura Shoji

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Kimura Shoji "Hill of Toledo (Spain)" Oil Painting P10 Size Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate Commemorative Museum in Nanae Town Adopted for Hokkaido Electric Works Calendar Kotake Art Authenticity Guaranteed

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Artist: Kimura Shoji

Title: "Hill of Toledo (Spain)"

Technique: Oil on canvas

Year of Creation: 1980

Dimensions: P10 size (Vertical 40.9 × Horizontal 53.0 cm)

Frame Dimensions: Vertical 56 × Horizontal 68 cm

Condition of Work: Good

Condition of Frame: Good

Accessories: Includes acrylic, with box

Remarks: Includes shared label

Artist Biography

A Kimura Shoji Memorial Room is established in Nanae Town, Hokkaido

1905 Born in Hakodate

1909 Moved to Sakhalin

1931 Graduated from Tokyo Fine Arts School (now Tokyo University of the Arts)

1932 Discovered the painting "Princess Praying" by artist Srikov at the Takai family

1937 Participated in the 9th First Art Association Exhibition

1938 Went on a field trip to Sakhalin

1939 Became a member of the First Art Association

1942 Established a studio in Nanae Town, near Hakodate

1942 Participated in the Shinbunten Exhibition ('43)

1953 Taught at Hakodate Commercial Junior College

1954 Created four portraits, including Hirata Joemon, at the invitation of the Hakodate Chamber of Commerce and Industry

1955 Became a member of the Doten Exhibition ('85 withdrew)

1970 Went on a field trip to Europe

1971 Created the mural "Pioneer" at the invitation of the Hokkaido Pioneer Memorial Hall

1975 Went on a field trip to Europe, retired from the position of professor at Hokkaido Women's Junior College

1977 Created "The Last Supper" at the invitation of the Trappist Monastery in Kaminokuni Town, Southern Hokkaido

1991 Passed away due to heart failure (aged 86)

1993 Kimura Shoji Memorial Room opened in Nanae Town

1994 Works participated in the "Art of Southern Hokkaido - Steps of Pre-war Western Painting" exhibition at the Hokkaido Hakodate Museum of Art

1996 Hokkaido Hakodate Museum of Art held the "Man and Nature - Gazing into the Heart Kimura Shoji Exhibition"

2003 Works included in the art book "Hokkaido's Seascapes" compiled by Hokkaido Shimbun

2009 New works depicting the Ainu people discovered at the Sakhalin Regional Museum, featured in the Hokkaido Shimbun's third-page news

Visited Sakhalin multiple times before the war, traveled to Europe, South America, Northern Europe, Russia, and other parts of the world after the war, continuously creating works with a heavy and emotional style

Kimura Shoji's paintings were adopted for the calendar of Hokkaido Electric Works Co., Ltd.

Collections: Hokkaido Hakodate Museum of Art, Abashiri City Museum of Art, Hokkaido Pioneer Memorial Hall, Trappist Monastery
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