Saburō Hasegawa was a Japanese-born American calligrapher, painter, art writer, curator, and teacher. He was an early advocate of abstract art in Japan and an equally vocal supporter of the Japanese traditional arts and Zen Buddhism.
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24th Nika Exhibition venue (1937) with Saburo Hasegawa (left) and Jiro Yoshihara (right).
Hasegawa Saburo, Cho no kiseki (Traces of a Butterfly), 1937. Oil on canvas, 130x163 cm. National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto.
Hasegawa Saburo, Nature, 1953. Ink on paper, 135x66 cm. National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto.Artists from Japan 6
About this person
Saburō Hasegawa was a Japanese-born American calligrapher, painter, art writer, curator, and teacher. He was an early advocate of abstract art in Japan and an equally vocal supporter of the Japanese traditional arts and Zen Buddhism. Throughout his career he argued for the connection between East Asian classical arts and Western abstract painting.
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JapanCategory
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Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1906 to 1957 · aged 50
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