Akira Tanaka

(1918-1982)

Akira Tanaka

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Akira Tanaka
(Tokyo, 1973)

Akira Tanaka

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KEY FACTS

1943

  • Graduated from the School of Fine Arts of Kyoto

1957

  • 1st Prize of the Japanese critics (Grand Shell Prize)

1959

  • Moved to France
  • Group exhibition at the Salon d’Automne de Paris
  • 1st Prize of Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France

1960

  • 1st Prize of Pont-Aven, France

1961

  • Became member of the Salon d’Automne de Paris

1963

  • Acquisition of paintings by the National Museum of Modern Art of Kanagawa, Japan

1964

  • Solo exhibition at Hervé Gallery, Paris

1969

  • Acquisition of paintings by the Ministry of Education of Japan

1972

  • Solo exhibition «Akira Tanaka, 15 years in France» at the Central Museum of Tokyo
  • Group exhibition «Japanese Artists in Europe» at the National Museums of Modern Art of Tokyo and Kyoto

1975

  • Great retrospective exhibition «Akira Tanaka» organized at the National Museum of Modern Art of Kanagawa, Japan

1982

  • Died in Paris

1983

  • Solo exhibition «Tribute to Akira Tanaka» at Yoshii Gallery, Paris

1984-1989

  • Acquisition of paintings by the National Museum of Modern Art of Tokyo

2009

  • Solo exhibition at Nicolas Deman Gallery, Paris

2011

  • Solo exhibition «Tribute to Tanaka» at the Salon d’Automne de Paris (Champs Elysées)

2012

  • Great exhibition «Japanese Painters from Paris: Akira TANAKA & Osamu YAMAZAKI» at the Salon d’Automne de Paris (Champs Elysées)

2013

  • Solo exhibition at Dominique Bert Gallery, Paris

 

 

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