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词条 Toru Iwaya
释义

  1. Biography

  2. The Japanese period

  3. Awards

  4. Bibliography

  5. References

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}}{{nihongo|Toru Iwaya|岩谷 徹|Iwaya Tōru|born February 12, 1936}} is a Japanese mezzotint engraver and painter.

Biography

Born in Koriyama, Japan in 1936, the youngest child of Iwaya Kanekichi and Kageyama Matsu, Toru Iwaya went, at the age of 19, to Tokyo. After he graduated from the Tokyo Fisheries (東京水産), now called Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (東京海洋大学), at the age of 24, he moved back to Koriyama, where in 1965 at the age of 29 he married Keiko Sugano.

In 1971 at the age of 35 he moved to Paris.

The Japanese period

Toru Iwaya returned to Koriyama, Japan in 1999 due to his wife's deteriorating health and his sister's mental illness.

He continues his work and has begun teaching his techniques to young students at his workshop.

Awards

  • Société des Artistes Français: bronze medal, 1972

Bibliography

  • Uematsu, Hajime (ed.), Mezzotints by Toru Iwaya, with foreword by Masami Ono and introduction by Teizo Taki. Tokyo: Oscar Art Co. Ltd

References

  • Toru Iwaya's Website
  • Video of Toru Iwaya explaining how a mezzotint is made (Japanese)
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4 : 1936 births|Living people|Artists from Fukushima Prefecture|Japanese artists

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