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Kojiro Akagi (赤木 曠児郎, Akagi Kōjirō) (born 3 January 1934 in Okayama, Japan) is a Japanese painter who is based in France.

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Life and career

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  • 1956　Bachelor's degree in Physics. Okayama University, Japan.
  • 1963　Arriving 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.
  • 2005　Order of the Rising Sun, gold rays with rosette, Japan.
  • 2006 Who's Who Prize. Le Salon, Art en Capital, Grand Palais, France.
  • 2011　Award of picture 2011, Salon d'automne, France.
  • 2014　Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters, France.
  • 2014　VERDAGUER's Prize of the peinting 2014 of the Institut de France by Académie des beaux-arts, France.

    • Public exhibitions in France

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  • 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:　"Akagai – 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 Britany.
  • 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

    • Associations

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  • 1963 Member of the Japaneses 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

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  • 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 Museume, 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.
  • 1998–2009 WAKO Museum, Kasaoka (3 oil paintings), Japan.
  • 2000 Grimaldi Castle and Museum (2 silk-screens), France.
  • 2001　Nariwa City Museum (1 watercolor), Japan.
  • 2002–2014　Grez-sur-Loing City Museum (1 oil painting and 2 watercolors), France.
  • 2003–2005 Patricia Clark Museum (1 oil painting, 2 watercolors), Iowa, USA.
  • 2014　Toulouse-Lautrec Museum of Albi (1 watercolor), France.

    • Collectives collections


  • 1971–1973 French State (2 oil paintings), France.
  • 1983　Saidaiji High School (1 oil painting) Okayama, Japan.
  • 1986　Foyer des Lycennes (1 oil painting) Paris, France.
  • 1993　Okayama City Hall (1 oil painting), Japan.
  • 1996-2006 Embassy of Japan (1 oil painting and 2 watercolorｓ), France.
  • 1997　Sanyo High School for Girls, Okayama (1 oil painting and 2 engravings), Japan.
  • 1998　Trocadero Library, Paris (1 engraving) France.
  • 2000 Okayama University (1 engraving), Japan.
  • 1975–2010 National Library, Paris (collection engraving), France.
  • 2011　Japanese cultural center in Paris (1 oil painting) Paris, France.
  • 2014 Prefecture of Okayama (1 oil paintings), Okayama, Japan

    • References

    Kojiro Akagi Wikipedia
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