Yokoyama Taikan

Taikan Yokoyama (Japanese横山 大 観, actually Sakai Hidemaro ,酒井 秀 麿; born November 2, 1868 in Mito, † February 26, 1958 in Tokyo ) was a Japanese painter.

Work and life

Yokoyama was at the art school founded in 1887 Tōkyō (东京 美术 学校, Tōkyō bijutsu Gakko ) a student of Hashimoto Gaho. From 1896 he taught himself at the school design. As the director of the school, Okakura Kakuzo, was suspended from duty in 1898, acknowledged also Yokoyama his teaching and was involved in the foundation of a private Japanese Art Institutes (日本 美术 院, Nihon bijutsu -in)

The Ministry of Education appointed him as a member of the selection committee for the 1907, held for the first time and referred Colorful Fine Arts Exhibition. However, Yokoyama left the Commission later due to internal disputes between members again.

The closed after the death Okakuras Japanese Art Institute in 1914 reopened by Yokoyama. It is limited today but the function of an archive with such activities.

Together with Hishida Shunsō he tried to modernize the traditional Japanese painting. The style that they developed, Morotai was called because the artist instead of brushstrokes to work could blur the contours. 1931 Taikan was represented at an exhibition in Berlin. It was in 1933 awarded the Asahi Prize. In 1937 he was one of the first carriers of the introduced in the year the Order culture (文化 勲 章, bunka kunshō ), still to this day very respected award in the field of art and science.