Osamu Yamazaki

(1941)

Osamu Yamazaki artiste

…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)

Osamu Yamazaki peintre

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