Takanori Ogisu1901~1986 荻須高徳

OGISU Takanori (1901–1986) was a Western-style (yoga) painter born in Aichi Prefecture. He moved to Tokyo in 1921 to study at Kawabata Painting School and under Fujishima Takeji, graduating from the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1927, the same year he left for France, where he spent most of his life. He was first selected for the Salon d’Automne in 1928 and elected a member in 1936, gaining international acclaim for richly textured paintings of Parisian streets and buildings. He received the Legion of Honor in 1956, was honored as a Person of Cultural Merit in 1981, and received the Order of Culture in 1986. He died in Paris in 1986.