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Jiro Yoshihara

(1905 – 1972), Japan

Jiro Yoshihara Biography

Japanese artist Jiro Yoshihara made major contributions to the global landscape of post-war art due in part to his founding of the Gutai Art Association, an innovative collective based in Osaka. Yoshihara also established a successful career as a solo artist in abstract and surrealist painting. 

Jiro Yoshihara Featured Artworks

Untitled by Jiro Yoshihara contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
Jiro YoshiharaUntitledOil on canvas
 MAKI Contact Gallery

Jiro Yoshihara Represented By

Whitestone Gallery contemporary art gallery in Taipei, Taiwan Whitestone Gallery Hong Kong, Taipei

Jiro Yoshihara In Ocula Magazine

Art Basel Hong Kong: Artist Highlights Ocula Insight Art Basel Hong Kong: Artist Highlights By Stephanie Bailey, Hong Kong

Ocula Magazine previews a selection of highlights showing with galleries at Art Basel Hong Kong, running between 19 and 23 May 2021.

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Jiro Yoshihara In Related Press

How a 'scream' of post-war Japanese art pioneered Modernism Related Press How a 'scream' of post-war Japanese art pioneered Modernism 31 October 2016, The Creators Project

These days, Japanese artists like Yayoi Kusama and Takashi Murakami pull big crowds and even bigger price tags, but it wasn’t always so. Vibrant though it was, the Japanese avant-garde was relatively unknown to Western audiences for most of the 20th century. This began to change in 1996 when scholar and author Alexandra Munroe, Senior Curator...

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