History of Photography between 1920 and 1945 (Japan-7)

HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY between 1920 and 1945

There is some information about Japanese photography between 1920 and 1945. Photography between 1920 and 1945 means photography between two World Wars, World War I and World War II, and includes "modern photography," "straight photography," and avant-garde photography (surrealism, dada, photogram, photomontage).

A) List of Japanese photographers who were active between 1920 and 1945 classified in groups they were a member of

A)-II) List of Japanese photographers in alphabetical order

B) List of persons and art museums you can ask questions about Japanese photography between 1920 and 1945

C) List of most important exhibition catalogues on Japanese photography between 1920 and 1945

C)-II) Some other important exhibition catalogues in Japan

C)-III) Some important Japanese books for photography

D) Brief Chronology for Japanese modern photography from 1920 to 1945

E) Art Exhibitions in Japan which relate to Photography and/or other Visual Arts between 1920 and 1945 (after June 1998)

(to: Photographers between 1920 and 1945 excluding Japanese photographers in Japan)

E) Art Exhibitions in Japan which relate to Photography and/or other Visual Arts between 1920 and 1945 (after June 1998)
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NOTE: In brackets, art area, such as photography, painting, sculpture, graphic design, movie, architecture, is placed.

Giuseppe Terragni (1904-1943)
Apri 11-June 7, 1998
Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito: Phone +81-29-227-8120, Fax +81-29-227-8130
[ARCHITECTURE]
Ossip Zadkin (1890-1967)
May 16-June 14, 1998
Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki: Phone +81-29-243-5111, Fax +81-29-243-9992
[SCULPTURE]
Mobo Moga; The Lure of the City, Japanese Modern Art
May 17-June 28, 1998
Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura: Phone +81-467-22-5000, Fax +81-467-23-2464
[GENERAL]
NOTE: This exhibition traveled to Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia in July and August, 1998 as "Modern Girl, Modern Boy: Japan in the 1920's." The exhibition catalogue is;
The English Arts & Crafts Movement and HAMADA Shoji (1894-1978) 1900s-1930s
May 29-July 7, 1998
*Navio Art Museum: +81-6-316-1343, Fax +81-6-316-1344
[CRAFT]
Diaghilev's Ballets Russes: Art, Dance and Music, 1909-1929: (Serge Diaghilev 1872-1929)
June 13-August 3, 1998
Sezon Museum of Art: Phone +81-3-5992-8700, Fax +81-3-3983-0015
[GENERAL]
Ossip Zadkin (1890-1967)
June 23-July 26, 1998
*Kiyoharu Shirakaba Art Museum: Phone +81-551-32-4865, Fax +81-551-32-2444
[SCULPTURE]
At the End of the Century, One Hundred Years of Architecture
July 10-September 6, 1998
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo: Phene +81-3-5245-4111, Fax +81-3-5245-1141
[ARCHITECTURE]
YASUI, Nakaji (1903-1942)
July 19-September 23, 1998
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art: Phone +81-78-801-1591, Fax +81-78-861-4731
[PHOTOGRAPHY]
*Masterpieces of Surrealism - from the collection of Centre Georges Pompidou
July 25-September 6, 1998
Okazaki Mindscape Museum: Phone +81-564-28-5000, Fax +81-564-28-5005
[PAINTING]
*Adventure in Image, From Kandinsky to Delvaux-from the Collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
July 30-August 31, 1998
*Isetan Art Museum: Phone +81-3-3352-1111, Fax: +81-3-3225-2491
[PAINTING]
KATSURA, Yuki (1913-1991)
August 1-September 6, 1998
Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki: Phone +81-29-243-5111, Fax +81-29-243-9992
[PAINTING]
The Past and the Future of Cuban Photography; Cuba and Nude
August 6-August 31, 1998
Parco Gallery: Phone +81-3-3477-5873, Fax +81-3-5489-7888
[PHOTOGRAPHY]
Ossip Zadkin (1890-1967)
August 8-September 27, 1998
Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum: Phone +81-3-3443-0201, Fax +81-3-3443-3228
[SCULPTURE]
The English Arts & Crafts Movement and HAMADA Shoji (1894-1978) 1900s-1930s
August 8-September 15, 1998
Chiba City Museum of Art: +81-43-221-2311, Fax +81-43-221-2316
[CRAFT]
Diaghilev's Ballets Russes: Art, Dance and Music, 1909-1929
August 22-October 11, 1998
Museum of Modern Art, Shiga: Phone +81-77-543-2111, Fax +81-77-543-4220
[GENERAL]
Ei-Q (1911-1960)
September 1-October 11, 1998
*Fukuoka City Art Museum: Phone +81-92-714-6051, Fax +81-92-714-6145
[PAINTING, PRINTING, PHOTOGRAPHY]
Eugene Atget (1857-1927) - Retrospective, an Intimate View of Paris at the Turn of the Century
September 3-November 4, 1998
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography: Phone +81-3-3280-0031, Fax +81-3-3280-0033
[PHOTOGRAPHY]
Jiro YOSHIHARA 1905-1972
September 13-November 15, 1998
ACT Museum: Phone +81-6-6615-5006
Osaka City Museum of Modern Art (Planning Office): Phone +81-6-6208-9099, Fax +81-6-6201-5759
[PAINTING]
100 Años de Fotografía Argentina, 1890-1990
September 16-October 31, 1998
SHADAI Gallery: Phone +81-3-3372-1321, Fax +81-3-5388-7996
[PHOTOGRAPHY]
*Masterpieces of Surrealism - from the collection of Centre Georges Pompidou
September-October, 1998
Museum of Art, Kintetsu: Phone +81-6-6625-2222, *Fax +81-6-6627-4326
[PAINTING]
Kazuo MATSUNO (1895-1973)
October 1-December 25, 1998
*Yayoi Museum of Art: Phone +81-3-3812-0012, Fax: +81-3-3812-0699
[ILLUSTRATION]
IMATAKE, Shichiro (b. 1905)
October 5-November 29, 1998
*Nishinomiya Ohtani Museum of Art: Phone +81-798-33-0146, Fax+81-798-33-1699
[GRAPHIC DESIGN]
Crafts Reforming in Kyoto [1910-1940] - A Struggle between Tradition and Renovation
October 6-November 23, 1998
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto: Phone +81-75-761-4111, Fax +81-75-771-5792 (general affairs) or Fax +81-75-752-0509 (curators' room)
[CRAFTS]
*Art and Stage, from Diaghilev to Russian Avant-Garde 1900-1930
October 6-December 6, 1998
Yokohama Museum of Art: Phone +81-45-221-0300, Fax +81-45-221-0317
[GENERAL]
Hans Hartung (1904-1989)
October 9-December 13, 1998
Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art: Phone +81-52-971-5511, Fax +81-52-971-5604
[PAINTING]
Jan Arp (1886-1966) and Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889-1943)
October 20-December 20, 1998
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art: Phone +81-565-34-6610, Fax +81-565-31-4983
[PAINTING and SCULPTURE]
*Masterpieces of Surrealism - from the collection of Centre Georges Pompidou
October 23-November 29, 1998
Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art: Phone +81-93-882-7777, Fax +81-93-861-0959
[PAINTING]
*Adventure in Image, From Kandinsky to Delvaux-from the Collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
November 14-December 23, 1998
*Kurashiki City Art Museum: Phone +81-86-425-6034, Fax: +81-86-625-6036
[PAINTING]
YAMANA, Ayao (1897-1980)
December 1, 1998-January 10, 1999
Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo: Phone +81-3-3714-1201, Fax +81-3-3715-9328
[GRAPHIC DESIGN]
"Shashin Geijutu" - Photography Art, The 5 Flaneurs in Tokyo 1921-24
December 8, 1998-January 31, 1999
Shoto Museum of Art: Phone +81-3-3465-9421, Fax: +81-3-3460-6366
[PHOTOGRAPHY]
Crafts Reforming in Kyoto [1910-1940] - A Struggle between Tradition and Renovation
December 11, 1998-January 31, 1999
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo: Phone +81-3-3214-2561, Fax +81-3-3213-1340
[CRAFTS]
KiKi (Alice Prin) (1901-1953)-Reine de Montparnasse
December 12-January 15, 1999
Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art: Phone +81-93-882-7777, Fax +81-93-861-0959
[PAINTING]
Alva Aalto (1898-1976)
December 19, 1998-February 15, 1999
Sezon Museum of Art: Phone +81-3-5992-8700, Fax +81-3-3983-0015
[ARCHITECTURE]
Yoshishige SAITO (b. 1904)
January 6-March 28, 1999
*Gumma Art Museum: Phone +81-27-346-5560, Fax: +81-27-346-4064
[SCULPTURE]
*Japanese Modernism outside of Japan, Avant-Garde in the China Continent
January 9-February 28, 1999
Nagoya City Art Museum: Phone +81-52-212-0001, Fax: +81-52-212-0006
[PHOTOGRAPHY]
Paul Delvaux (1897-1994)
January 15-February 14, 1999
Takasaki Museum of Art: Phone +81-27-324-6125, Fax: +81-27-324-6125
[PAINTING]
KiKi (Alice Prin) (1901-1953)-Reine de Montparnasse
January 21-February 9, 1999
*Daimaru Museum, Tokyo: Phone +81-3-3212-8011, Fax +81-3-3217-4996
[PAINTING]
Yusaku KAMEKURA (1915-1997)
February 2-March 14, 1999
Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art: Phone +81-258-28-4111, Fax: +81-258-28-4115
[GRAPHIC DESIGN]
Edvard MUNCH (1863-1944) -Prints from the Epstein Family Collection
February 2-March 22, 1999
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto: Phone +81-75-761-4111, Fax +81-75-771-5792 (general affairs) or Fax +81-75-752-0509 (curators' room)
[PRINTS]
Suiho TAGAWA (Michinao TAKAMIZAWA) (1899-1989)
February 9-March 14, 1999
*Machida City Museum: Phone +81-427-26-1531, Fax: +81-427-23-3406
[COMIC]
*Adventure in Image, From Kandinsky to Delvaux -from the Collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
February 18-March 7, 1999
*Daimaru Museum, Umeda: Phone +81-6-6343-1231, Fax: N/A
[PAINTING]
Masamu YANASE (1900-1945)
March 2-28, 1999
*Mitaka City Art Gallery: Phone +81-422-79-0033, Fax: +81-422-79-0030
[PAINTING, GRAPHIC DESIGN]: 188 works
Tadashi, SUGIMATA (b. 1914)
March 6-April 11, 1999
*Himeji City Museum of Art: Phone +81-792-22-2288, Fax: +81-792-22-2290
[PAINTING]
KiKi (Alice Prin) (1901-1953)-Reine de Montparnasse
March 12-March 31, 1999
The Museum of Art, Kintetsu: Phone +81-6-6625-2222, *Fax +81-6-6627-4326
[PAINTING]
Picasso -Museé National Picasso
March 13-June 14, 1999
*Uenonomori Museum: Phone: +81-3-3833-4191, Fax: +81-3-3836-0066
[PAINTING]
Affiches d'Apéritifs et de Vins (Collection of Paris Forney Library)
April 3-April 25, 1999
Bunkamura the Museum: Phone: +81-3-3477-9252, Fax: +81-3-3477-9263
[POSTER]
Twentieth Century Still-Life Paintings From the Phillips Collection
April 3-May 16, 1999
*Tokyo Station Gallery: Phone: +81-3-3212-2485, Fax: +81-3-3212-2058
[PAINTING]
*Collection from Museé d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
April 3-May 9, 1999
Museum of Modern Art, Shiga: Phone +81-77-543-2111, Fax: +81-77-543-4220
[PAINTING]
East Asia/Paintings in Modern Era/The Foundation and Development of Oil Painting
April 10-May 23, 1999
Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art: +81-54-263-5755, Fax: +81-54-263-5742
[PAINTING]
20th Century American Prints
April 17-June 20, 1999
*Machida City International Print Museum: Phone +81-42-726-2771, Fax: +81-42-726-2840
[PRINTS]
Salvador Dali
April 17-May 30, 1999
*Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art: Phone +81-55-228-3322, Fax: +81-55-228-3324
[PAINTING]
*Beyond the reality, the Challenge of the Art in the 20th Century - from the Collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
April 22-May 30, 1999
*Sakura City Art Museum: Phone +81-43-485-7851, Fax: +81-43-485-9892
[PAINTING]
YANASE, Masamu (1900-1945)
April 22-June 6, 1999
*Ehime Prefectural Museum of Art: Phone +81-89-932-0010, Fax: +81-89-932-0511
[PAINTING]
KiKi (Alice Prin) (1901-1953)-Reine de Montparnasse
April 23-May 17, 1999
Akita Museum of Modern Art: Phone +81-182-33-8855, Fax +81-182-33-8858
[PAINTING]
Jun'ichi NAKAHARA (1913-1983)
April 29-May 11, 1999
*Namba Takashimaya Grand Hall: Phone +81-6-6631-1101
[ILLUSTRATION]
Twentieth Century Still-Life Paintings From the Phillips Collection
May 22-June 22, 1999
*Hiroshima Museum of Art: +81-82-223-2530, Fax: +81-82-223-2519
[PAINTING]
*East Asia/Paintings in Modern Era/The Foundation and Development of Oil Painting
May 29-July 11, 1999
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art: +81-78-801-1591, Fax: +81-78-861-4731
[PAINTING]
Remedios Varo (1908-1963)
May 29-July 11, 1999
*Isetan Museum of Art: +81-3-3352-1111, Fax: +81-3-3225-2491
[PAINTING]
Salvador Dali
June 5-July 11, 1999
*Marugame City Inokuma Gen'ichiro Museum of Art: Phone +81-877-24-7755, Fax +81-877-24-7766
[PAINTING]
SUGIMATA, Tadashi
June 4-27, 1999
*Kitakyushu City Art Museum: Phone +81-93-882-7777, Fax +81-93-861-0959
[PAINTING]
*A Witness - Photography is talking about 20th Century. (Asahi Shimbun Documentary Photographs)
June 11-July 25, 1999
Bunkamura the Museum: Phone: +81-3-3477-9252, Fax: +81-3-3477-9263
[PHOTOGRAPHY]
Lillian May Miller (1895-1943)
June 12-August 8, 1999
*Kushigata City Harusen Art Museum: Phone +81-55-282-6600, Fax +81-
[JAPANESE PRINTS (UKIYOE)]
Salvador Dali - The Salvador Dali Museum Collection and Selected Works
June 12-August 20, 1999
*Mitsukoshi Museum of Art: Phone +81-3-3354-1111, Fax +81-3-3225-7237
[PAINTING]
Twentieth Century Still-Life Paintings From the Phillips Collection
June 26-August 1, 1999
*Ibaraki Museum of Modern Art: Phone: +81-29-243-5111, Fax: +81-29-243-9992
[PAINTING]
Wynn Bullock (1902-1975)
June 26-October 3, 1999
*Kiyosato Photo Art Museum : +81-551-48-5599, Fax: +81-551-48-5445
[PHOTOGRAPHY]
*Caricature in Weimar era (1919-1933)
July 10-August 22, 1999
*Itami City Art Museum: Phone +81-93-882-7777, Fax +81-93-861-0959
[PAINTING]
California Classics Highlights from the Collection of the San Fransisco Museum of Modern Art
July 10-August 8, 1999
*Isetan Museum of Art: +81-3-3352-1111, Fax: +81-3-3225-2491
[PAINTING]
*East Asia/Paintings in Modern Era/The Foundation and Development of Oil Painting
July 17-August 29, 1999
*Tokushima Prefectural Museum of Modern Art:: +81-88-668-1088, Fax: +81-88-668-7198
[PAINTING]
SUGIMATA, Tadashi
July 31-August 29, 1999
*Tsukuba City Art Museum, Ibaraki: Phone +81-298-56-3711, Fax +81-298-56-3358
[PAINTING]
*Artists at the Bauhaus
August 5-September 26, 1999
*Kagoshima City Art Museum: Phone +81-99-224-3400, Fax +81-99-224-3409
[PAINTING]
Twentieth Century Still-Life Paintings From the Phillips Collection
August 7-September 12, 1999
*Gifu Prefectural Museum of Art: Phone: +81-58-271-1313, Fax: +81-58-271-1315
[PAINTING]
TAKEI, Takeo (1894-1983)
August 10-September 5, 1999
*Ibaraki Museum of Modern Art: +81-29-243-5111, Fax: +81-29-243-9992
[ILLUSTRATION]
*A Witness - Photography is talking about 20th Century. (Asahi Shimbun Documentary Photographs)
August 10-August 31, 1999
*Daimaru Museum, Umeda: Phone +81-6-6343-1231, Fax: N/A
[PHOTOGRAPHY]
Francis Picabia
August 12-September 7, 1999
*Isetan Museum of Art: +81-3-3352-1111, Fax: +81-3-3225-2491
[PAINTING]
California Classics Highlights from the Collection of the San Fransisco Museum of Modern Art
August 14-September 12, 1999
*Fukui City Art Museum: +81-776-33-2990, Fax: +81-776-33-3114
[PAINTING]
Salvador Dali
August 21-September 15, 1999
Museum of Art, Kintetsu: Phone +81-6-6625-2222, *Fax +81-6-6627-4326
[PAINTING]
*Caricature in Weimar era (1919-1933)
August 28-September 26, 1999
*Machida City International Print Museum: Phone +81-42-726-2771, Fax: +81-42-726-2840
[PAINTING]
Salvador Dali - The Salvador Dali Museum Collection and Selected Works
August 28-October 24, 1999
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum: Phone +81-, Fax +81-
[PAINTING]
*Period of Crisis and Paintings 1930-1945
September 3-October 17, 1999
*Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art: +81-52-971-5511, Fax: +81-52-971-5604
[PAINTING]
Masters of the Mountains - A Genealogy of Japanese Alpine Photography
September 7-November 4, 1999
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography: +81-3-3280-0031, Fax: +81-3-3280-0033
[PHOTOGRAPHY]
*Artists around TSUKIJI SHO GEKIJO (Tsukiji Theater)
September 7-November 28, 1999
Nagoya City Art Museum: +81-52-212-0001, Fax: +81-52-212-0006
[THEATER]
*East Asia/Paintings in Modern Era/The Foundation and Development of Oil Painting
September 12-October 20, 1999
*Utsunomiya Museum of Art: +81-28-643-0100, Fax: +81-28-643-0895
[PAINTING]
California Classics Highlights from the Collection of the San Fransisco Museum of Modern Art
September 19-October 24, 1999
*Wakayama Museum of Modern Art: +81-734-36-8690, Fax: +81-734-36-1337
[PAINTING]
Twentieth Century Still-Life Paintings From the Phillips Collection
September 22-November 10, 1999
*Hokkaido Obihiro Museum of Art: Phone: +81-155-22-6963, Fax: +81-155-22-4233
[PAINTING]
*Japanese Photography 1850s-1945
October 2-November 7, 1999
*Himeji City Art Museum: +81-792-22-2288, Fax: +81-792-22-2290
[PHOTOGRAPHY]
Francis Picabia
October 17-November 14, 1999
*Iwaki City Art Museum: +81-246-25-1111, Fax: +81-246-25-1115
[PAINTING]
*East Asia/Paintings in Modern Era/The Foundation and Development of Oil Painting
October 31-December 19, 1999
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum: +81-92-263-1100, Fax: +81-92-263-1105
[PAINTING]
California Classics Highlights from the Collection of the San Fransisco Museum of Modern Art
October 31-December 5, 1999
*Tochigi Museum of Art: +81-28-621-3566, Fax: +81-28-621-3569
[PAINTING]
Francis Picabia
January 26-February 9, 2000
Museum of Art, Kintetsu: Phone +81-6-6625-2222, *Fax +81-6-6627-4326
[PAINTING]
(ELLIPSIS) from March 2000 to June 2009
Yasuzo NOJIMA
July 28-August 23, 2009
The Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto: Phone +81-75-761-4111, Fax +81-75-771-5792 (general affairs) or Fax +81-75-752-0509 (curators' room), E-mail info@ma7.momak.go.jp
[PHOTOGRAPHY]
http://www.momak.go.jp/English/exhibitionArchive/2009/375.html
Yasuzo NOJIMA
September 29-November 15, 2009
Shoto Museum of Art: Phone +81-3-3465-9421, Fax: +81-3-3460-6366
[PHOTOGRAPHY]
http://www.city.shibuya.tokyo.jp/est/museum/20090929.html (in Japanese only)

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