Genichiro Inokuma1902~1993 猪熊弦一郎

Inokuma Genichiro (December 14, 1902 – May 17, 1993) was a Japanese Western-style painter born in Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture. He studied under Fujishima Takeji at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts and traveled to France in 1938 to study under Henri Matisse. In 1955, he relocated to New York City for approximately 20 years, shifting his style from figurative to abstract painting. He is widely known for public commissions including the large mural “Freedom” at JR Ueno Station (1951) and the iconic Mitsukoshi department store wrapping paper design. In 1991, the Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art (MIMOCA), designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, was opened in his hometown.