Kazumasa Nagai
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Kazumasa Nagai (Japanese: 永井 一正, Nagai Kazumasa; Ōsaka, April 20, 1929) is a Japanese printmaker and graphic designer. He attended the University of the Arts in Tokyo to study sculpture, and withdrew due to health problems.[1]
He was a founding member of the Nippon Design Center (NDC, established in 1959), and was its president.[2]
His first works were abstract, then he changed to handmade designs of animals and plants in the 1980s. Some of his works appeared on the cover of LIFE.[3]
His work is held in museums including the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco,[4] the National Gallery of Australia,[5] the Museum of New Zealand,[6] the British Museum,[7] the University of Michigan Museum of Art,[8] the Walker Art Center,[9] the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam,[10] the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo,[11] the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences,[12] and the Museum of Modern Art.[13]
References and sources
[edit]- ^ Helen. "Kazumasa Nagai: a 90-year-old designer and his fantastic beasts. | USA Art News". Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "New freedom in poster art". New Nation. March 11, 1981.
Kazumasa Nagai who directs the Japan Design Centre...
- ^ Popova, Maria (2019-12-12). "Gorgeous Vintage Japanese Illustrations of Animals and Scientific Phenomena". Brain Pickings. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ^ "Kazumasa Nagai". FAMSF Search the Collections. 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ Nagai, Kazumasa. "(Poster for the joint exhibition by four artist)". Item held by National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "print | British Museum". The British Museum. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "Exchange: Kazumasa Nagai Design Life". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "Poster for The World of Kazumas Nagai (at Ikeda 20th Century Museum)". walkerart.org. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ Grrr.nl. "Kazumasa Nagai - Kazumasa Nagai". www.stedelijk.nl. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "Juxtapoz Magazine - Poster Art From the Incredible Kazumasa Nagai". www.juxtapoz.com. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ^ "Japanese furoshiki designed by Kazumasa Nagai". collection.maas.museum. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ^ "Kazumasa Nagai. Kazumasa Nagai Exhibition at Imabashi Gallery. 1969 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- documenta III. Internationale Ausstellung; Katalog: Band 1: Malerei und Skulptur; Band 2: Handzeichnungen; Band 3: Industrial Design, Graphik; Kassel/Colonia 1964
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