Shintaro Yamashita

August 21, 1881 (age 84)

Arakawa, Nagasaki, Japan

In 1907 Shintaro Yamashita visited Spain, copying The Surrender of Breda by Velázquez, before returning to Paris via Granada and Seville. In 1908 "By the Window" was exhibited at the Salon. In 1909 he travelled through Switzerland and Italy, visiting Milan, Venice, Florence, and Naples, Menton and Marseille. After returning to Paris, Shintaro Yamashita painted Woman at her Shoes. The following summer he returned via the Suez Canal to Japan. Later that year Shintaro Yamashita exhibited for the first time at the Bunten, contributing "Reading", "After Reading", and "Woman at her Shoes", winning third prize with Reading. He repeated the feat the following year with "By the Window", which was acquired by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture. That same year, together with Ishii Hakutei and Arishima Ikuma, he founded the Society for Progressive Japanese Artists. He then travelled to Korea with Yuai Ichiro and was commissioned by the Chosen Government Railway to paint murals for the Chosen Hotel, which he completed on a second trip the following year. In 1925 Shintaro Yamashita assumed a leading role in the fine art division of the Bunka Gakuin. Two years later he contributed Poetry Party at the Imperial Palace to the Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery. In 1931, as judge at the Senten, he crossed again to Korea, travelling with Kobayashi Mango. Later that same year he left Kobe for France. While in Paris, he helped restore the Kano school Namban byobu known as "the Portuguese" at the Musée Guimet. After his return to Japan in 1932, Shintaro Yamashita was awarded the Legion of Honour. That same year, he exhibited thirty-five works from his European travels at the Nikaten. In 1935 Shintaro Yamashita withdrew from the Nikakai and joined the Imperial Fine Arts Academy. The following year, together with Ishii Hakutei and Yasui Sotaro, he founded the Issuikai. In 1937 he became a member of the reorganised Imperial Art Academy. In 1941 there was a special exhibition of his works in honour of his sixtieth birthday and he resigned from the Bunka Gakuin. In 1946 Shintaro Yamashita exhibited at the first Nitten. In 1955 he was selected as a Person of Cultural Merit. The following year there was an exhibition of his works at the Bridgestone Museum of Art. In 1961 Shintaro Yamashita became an adviser to the Nitten. In 1964 Shintaro Yamashita was decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun. Yamashita Shintaro died in 1966 at the age of 84.

Shintaro Yamashita

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新太郎山下

painter

Background

Shintaro Yamashita was born on August 21, 1881 in Arakawa, Nagasaki, Japan. He was the eldest son in a family of picture framers.

Education

Yamashita Shintaro' s schooling included English and Classical Chinese. He went on to study under Fujishima Takeji and Kuroda Seiki at Tokyo School of Fine Arts, graduating in 1904. After learning French at the Tokyo School of Foreign Languages, in 1905 he travelled via America to France, where he studied with Raphaël Collin and Fernand Cormon and at the École des Beaux-Arts.

Career

In 1907 Shintaro Yamashita visited Spain, copying The Surrender of Breda by Velázquez, before returning to Paris via Granada and Seville. In 1908 "By the Window" was exhibited at the Salon. In 1909 he travelled through Switzerland and Italy, visiting Milan, Venice, Florence, and Naples, Menton and Marseille. After returning to Paris, Shintaro Yamashita painted Woman at her Shoes. The following summer he returned via the Suez Canal to Japan.

Later that year Shintaro Yamashita exhibited for the first time at the Bunten, contributing "Reading", "After Reading", and "Woman at her Shoes", winning third prize with Reading. He repeated the feat the following year with "By the Window", which was acquired by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture.

That same year, together with Ishii Hakutei and Arishima Ikuma, he founded the Society for Progressive Japanese Artists. He then travelled to Korea with Yuai Ichiro and was commissioned by the Chosen Government Railway to paint murals for the Chosen Hotel, which he completed on a second trip the following year.

In 1925 Shintaro Yamashita assumed a leading role in the fine art division of the Bunka Gakuin. Two years later he contributed Poetry Party at the Imperial Palace to the Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery. In 1931, as judge at the Senten, he crossed again to Korea, travelling with Kobayashi Mango. Later that same year he left Kobe for France. While in Paris, he helped restore the Kano school Namban byobu known as "the Portuguese" at the Musée Guimet. After his return to Japan in 1932, Shintaro Yamashita was awarded the Legion of Honour. That same year, he exhibited thirty-five works from his European travels at the Nikaten.

In 1935 Shintaro Yamashita withdrew from the Nikakai and joined the Imperial Fine Arts Academy. The following year, together with Ishii Hakutei and Yasui Sotaro, he founded the Issuikai. In 1937 he became a member of the reorganised Imperial Art Academy. In 1941 there was a special exhibition of his works in honour of his sixtieth birthday and he resigned from the Bunka Gakuin. In 1946 Shintaro Yamashita exhibited at the first Nitten. In 1955 he was selected as a Person of Cultural Merit. The following year there was an exhibition of his works at the Bridgestone Museum of Art. In 1961 Shintaro Yamashita became an adviser to the Nitten. In 1964 Shintaro Yamashita was decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun.

Yamashita Shintaro died in 1966 at the age of 84.

Works

$Boy\'s Festival Boy\'s Festival$

painting
- Reading
  1908
- After reading
  1908
- By the window
  1908
- Woman at her Shoes
  1909
- Boy's Festival
  1915
- painting
- Girl
- painting
- Girl reading
- Nude

Membership

Issuikai Assosiation , Japan

1914

Connections

colleague:: Ishii Hakutei
colleague:: Arishima Ikuma
colleague:: Yuai Ichiro

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