Harumi Tateishi1908~1994 立石春美

Tateishi Harumi was a Japanese-style painter born in Saga Prefecture. Inspired by the works of Kaburaki Kiyokata, she moved to Tokyo in 1927 and entered the Shinsui school the following year, studying under Ito Shinsui. She made her debut at the 12th Imperial Art Exhibition in 1931 with "Shukujo" and went on to be active in the Teiten and Shin-Bunten exhibitions. She received the Asakura Prize in 1951, became a Nitten judge in 1963, and a Nitten advisor in 1990. Recognized as a master of bijin-ga (beautiful women paintings) in the lineage of Kiyokata and Shinsui, she developed her own distinctive style through simplified compositions. She died of a stroke in Atami, Shizuoka in 1994 at age 85.