Osamu Yamazaki
(1941)
…La grande réussite d’Osamu Yamazaki est de supprimer la frontière entre le paysage expressionniste ‘classique’ et le graffiti dont l’esprit est ici toujours présent, avec son caractère insolent pétri de liberté et de vitalité…
Noël Coret
(Paris, 2012)
KEY FACTS
1958
- Studied at the school of Arts of Asakura with director and great Japanese sculptor Fumio Asakura
1962
- Admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts, Rome
1963-1964
- Worked as assistant to Professor of fine arts and great sculptor of the Vatican Pericle Fazzini
1965
- Acquisition of paintings by Bridgestone Corporation (Japan)
1970
- Moved to Paris
- Group exhibitions at the Salon d’Automne, Salon des Sociétés, Salon des Artistes Indépendants and Salon National des Beaux Arts, Paris
1973
- 2nd Prize (silver medal) at the 24th Grand Prix of the Riviera, Grasse (France)
- 1st Prize (gold medal) from the tourism office at the 2nd Grand Prix of Mountain Painters, Val d’Isère (France)
- 1st Prize (gold cup) at the summerly Salon de la Côte d’Azur, France
1975
- Became member of the Salon d’Automne de Paris
- 2nd Prize (with honors) at the Salon International Paris-Sud
1980
- 1st Prize (gold medal) at the Salon des Artistes Français, Paris
1981
- Lucerne art fair (Switzerland) with acquisition of paintings by the Yugoslav government
1991
- Painting on public display at the 9th Salon Collectif des Artistes Montmartrois (under the patronage of deputy-mayor Alain Juppé), Paris
- Acquisition of paintings by the Mairie de Paris
Since 1994
- Solo exhibitions (once a year) at Bungei-Shunju Gallery (Ginza), Tokyo
1998
- Acquisition of paintings par Sony Music Entertainment (Japan)
2012
- Great exhibition «Japanese Painters from Paris: Akira TANAKA & Osamu YAMAZAKI» at the Salon d’Automne de Paris (Champs Elysées)
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Le premier mérite d’un tableau est d’être une fête pour l’oeil…