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Kōjirō Akagi (赤木 曠児郎, Akagi Kōjirō) (3 January 1934 – 15 February 2021) was a Japanese painter. He was born in Okayama, Japan, but was based in France.
Life and career
1956 Bachelor's degree in Physics. Okayama University, Japan.
1963 Arrived in France from Japan. Beaux-Arts, Paris.
Professor Brianchon studio, followed by Professor Mattey.
1971 Gold Medal for watercolours. Le Salon Salon des Artistes Français.
1974 Gold Medal for oil painting. Member Hors Concours (HC) Le Salon Salon des Artistes Français.
1975 Award of the President of the French Republic, International Art Exhibition, Toulon, President of jury Edouard Pignon, France.
1991 Charles Cottet Prize. National Exhibition of Fine Arts, France.
1994 Navy Blue Ribbon Medal by Japanese Government.
1998 Second Navy Blue Ribbon Medal by Japanese Government.
2000 Gold Medal for engraving. Grimaldi Castle and Museum, France.
2002 Puvis de Chavanne Prize. National Exhibition of Fine Arts, France.
2002 Honor Medal of the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs.
2019 Medal of Honor by Mayor of Paris 15th, France.
Public exhibitions in France
1978–1979: "My Paris" Carnavalet Museum of the City Paris.
1986: "AKAGI - Paris Architecture" College Students’ Youth Club.
1993: "Akagi's Paris" Étoile Mitsukoshi Space (an event for the 10th anniversary of the two towns' friendship: Paris–Tokyo)
1998: "Akagi's Paris " Trocadéro Library.
2002: "Akagi – From the country of the rising sun to eastern Paris" (Town hall of Paris 20th district)
2002: "Invited artist for the year’s retrospective" (with Kisling) Independents' Salon.
2004: "Akagi, 40 years in Paris, 1963–2003" Paris-Museum, Archaeological Crypt.
2008: "France Japan: one century and half cross-looks, Mathurin Méheut, Kojiro Akagi " Town hall of Paris 9th district and, in parallel, at the House of Brittany.
2009: "Kojiro Akagi known and unknown" Town hall of Paris 5th district.
2012: "Akagi Exhibition, Yôkoso! Paris" Town halls of Paris 5th and 8th districts.
2015: "Akagi at the Pyramide of Saint-Amand-Montround city" Saint-Amand-Montround.
2016: "Akagi - one hundred views of Paris" Castle and Garden of Villandry, Loire France.
2019: "85years Mr AKAGI" Town hall of Paris 15th.
Associations
1963 Member of the Japanese Artists Association, Japan.
1968 Member of Salon des Independents, France.
1970 Member of Salon d'Automne, France.
1970 Associate member of French Artist society (outside competition member since 1974)
1973 Member of Salon National des Beaux-Arts, France.
1982 Committee Member Salon International des Beaux-Arts, France.
2002 Honorary vice-president Salon National des Beaux-Arts, France.
Museum collections
1975 Toulon City Museum, France
1979–1981, 1987, 1991–1993, 2013 Carnavalet Museum of Paris (128 works of art: 3 oil paintings and 125 watercolors), France.
1981–2013 Cernuschi Museum, Paris, (1 painting, 1 engraving), France.
1981–2002 MOA Museum of Atami (2 oil paintings and 1 watercolor), Japan.
1991 Vatican Museum, Department of religious modern arts, Italy
1993 Royal Ueno Museum, Tokyo (1 oil painting). Culture Prefectural Kyoto Museum City of Kyoto (1 oil painting), Japan.
1993–1998 Prefectural Museum of Okayama (5 oil paintings, 2 watercolors and 53 illustrations of Sany Newspaper), Japan.
1993–2005 Kurashiki City Modern Museum (3 oil paintings), Japan.
