Un-ichi Hiratsuka (1895-1997)

Born in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture in 1895, Un-ichi Hiratsuka worked for the Matsue City office. He attended a short course in watercolor from Ishii Hakutei in 1913 and with encouragement from Hokitei, he moved to Tokyo in 1915 where he studied woodblock carving with the master carver Igami Bonkotsu for 10 months. He become involved with the Sosaku-Hanga movement in 1920. Between 1922 and 1932 he published books about printing, taught frame making and gave lectures. In 1935 he was named to head the newly established printmaking department at Tokyo University of Fine Arts. He was invited to Peking to teach printmaking in 1943 and in 1949 published Printmaking Techniques. Exhibitions include: Lugano International Print Biennial, 1958; Shimane Prefectural Museum, 1979; 88th Birthday Exhibition, Wako Department Store, Tokyo 1983; Japan-US Cultural Center, Los Angeles; 1985; Smithsonian Institution, Washington. D.C. 1987. Hiratsuka is greatly respected as a pioneer of the sosaku-hanga movement and teacher of many of the leading artists in courses he conducted throughout Japan. In 1962 he moved to Washington, DC where he continued to print and exhibit. An exhibition of his works will open at the Smithsonian Institution at the end of June 1999.

Un-ichi Hiratsuka works reside in collections worldwide including: Tokyo Museum of Modern Art; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; Boston Museum of Fine Arts; New York Metropolitan Museum; Rockefeller Foundation, New York; Library of Congress, and Washington, DC.

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