Jiro Yoshihara

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Jiro Yoshihara (1905 - 1972) was a Japanese painter. He is in most sources named as the founder of the Gutai group in 1954. Yoshihara wrote the "Gutai Manifesto" in 1956.

[edit] See also

• Gutai group
• Art manifesto
• Shozo Shimamoto
• Michel Tapié

[edit] References

• Tiampo, Ming. Gutai and Informel Post-war art in Japan and France, 1945--1965. (Worldcat link: [1]) (Dissertation Abstracts International, 65-01A) ISBN 0496660470 9780496660476

• Jirō Yoshihara; Shōzō Shimamoto; Michel Tapié; Gutai Bijutsu Kyōkai. Gutai [= 具体] (具体美術協会, Nishinomiya-shi : Gutai Bijutsu Kyōkai, 1955-1965) [Japanese : Serial Publication : Periodical] OCLC 53194339 [Worldcat "Other titles" information: Gutai art exhibition, Aventure informelle, International art of a new era, U.S.A., Japan, Europe, International Sky Festival, Osaka, 1960]

[edit] External links

• Askart.com on Yoshihara
• The Collections of The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura and Hayama