Kumiko Kita1945~2019 北久美子

KITA Kumiko (1945-2019) was a Japanese Western-style oil painter from Osaka Prefecture. After graduating from Naniwa Junior College's Department of Fine Arts (now Osaka University of Arts) in 1966, she had her first work accepted at the Niki-kai Exhibition. She received the 1st Maeda Kanji Award in 1989 and the prestigious Yasui Prize in 1990, and was selected as an overseas research fellow by the Agency for Cultural Affairs. Based in Yokohama for about 50 years, she became known for her distinctive figurative paintings depicting blue skies with colorful plants and animals. In 2008 she was appointed professor at Osaka University of Arts.