# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kumi-sugai
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:13:52.505Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kumi-sugai"
name: "Kumi Sugai"
slug: "kumi-sugai"
description: "Kumi Sugai  was a Japanese painter and printmaker. Driven by an interest in avant-garde painting, Sugai moved to Paris in 1952 where he quickly attracted critical attention, participating in numerous exhibitions in Paris and abroad. First working in a style resembling informalism or lyrical abstraction, he became affiliated with the Nouvelle École de Paris. During the early 1960s, his artworks radically transformed when he developed a hard-edge abstract style influenced by his interest in automobiles and contemporary urban living. While he did not officially associate himself with any single artistic movement or group, he collaborated on multiple projects with his poet friends, Jean-Clarence Lambert and Makota Ōoka."
tagline: "Japanese painter, sculptor and printmaker (1919–1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sugai_Kumi_bijutsu-techo_Japanese_in_paris_1960s.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1919-03-13"
deathDate: "1996-05-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.885278666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0837362/"
    handle:    "nm0837362"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2ac22abb-1e75-4ad0-8784-6491192206dd"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumi_Sugai"
    title: "Kumi Sugai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugai_Kumi"
    title: "Sugai Kumi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumi_Sugai"
    title: "Kumi Sugai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumi_Suga%C3%AF"
    title: "Kumi Sugaï"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8F%85%E4%BA%95%E6%B1%B2"
    title: "菅井汲"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumi_Sugai"
    title: "Kumi Sugai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumi_Sugai"
    title: "Kumi Sugai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B8_%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B8"
    title: "Сугаи Куми"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321715"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump