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Yokoyama Taikan横山大観 大観alternative words: Taikan Yokoyama, Taikan keywords: artist , famous person related topics: Okakura Tenshin , Ink painting related web sites: http://www.nona.dti.ne.jp/~u-life/yokoyamaindex.html , http://www.spmoa.shizuoka.shizuoka.jp/collection/item/J_85_388_J.html explanation: Born in 1868 in Ibaraki prefecture. After having studied at Nihon bijutsu gakko created by Okakura Tenshin, he became an assistant professor but left it with Okakura Tenshi in 1898. He then organized Nihon bijutsuin with Tenshin and created a new style of Japanese paint. Initially criticized by traditional Japanese painters as "morotai" (dim style), he gradually won a recognition and was appointed a member of the Imperial Fine Arts Academy in 1935. Age advanced, he turned to Ink painting. He died in 1958. | |