Takeshi Hayashi1896~1975 林武

HAYASHI Takeshi was a Western-style painter (yoga) born in 1896 in Tokyo. He studied at the Nihon Bijutsu Gakko and gained recognition in the 1920s when he received the Chogyu Prize at the Nika Exhibition. He was a founding member of the Dokuritsu Bijutsu Kyokai (Independent Art Association) and was known for vigorous brushwork and rich color in his depictions of Mt. Fuji, roses, and figures. He became a professor at the Tokyo University of the Arts in 1949 and was awarded the Order of Culture in 1967. He passed away in 1975 and is regarded as one of the leading figures of modern Japanese Western-style painting.