Kinosuke Ebihara1904~1970 海老原喜之助

Ebihara Kinosuke (1904-1970) was a Japanese Western-style painter born in Kagoshima City who died of cancer in Paris. He went to France at age 19 to study under Tsuguharu Foujita and established a distinctive style known for vivid blue tones called “Ebihara Blue” and horse motifs. After receiving the first Southern Japan Culture Prize in 1950, he moved to Kumamoto and founded the Ebihara Art Research Institute. He was awarded the Grand Prize at the 5th Japan International Art Exhibition in 1959 and the Minister of Education Art Encouragement Prize in 1964. His representative works include “Circus,” “Martyrs,” and “Butterflies.”