Hitone Noma1901~1979 野間仁根

Hitone Noma (February 5, 1901 – December 30, 1979) was a Japanese Western-style painter active from the Taisho through Showa eras. He was born on Iyo Oshima Island in Tsukura Village, Ochi District, Ehime Prefecture (now Imabari City). He moved to Tokyo in 1919, studied at the Kawabata Painting School, entered the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1920, and formed the Doganshain group with Ren Ito and others. He won the Chogyu Prize at the 15th Nika Exhibition in 1928 for “Yoru no Toko” (Bed at Night), became a member of the Nikakai in 1933, and in 1955 left Nikakai with Shintaro Suzuki and Tokutaro Takaoka to found the Ichiyokai. A passionate fisherman and lover of the sea, he continued to paint his native Setouchi Inland Sea in bright colors.