ポタラ宮屋上チベット
ポタラ宮屋上チベット
45.5 x 68.5cm

Ikuo Hirayama

1930 Born in Setoda, Ikuchijima Island, Hiroshima Prefecture.
1945 As a Shudo Junior High School student he was exposed to the atomic bomb explosion in Hiroshima City.
1952 Graduated from the Department of Japanese Painting of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts.
He became a deputy assistant in the Department of Japanese Painting at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts.
He began studying under the artist Seison Maeda.
1953 He was awarded his first prize at the 38th Inten for his work "The Way Home", and entered works in the Inten.
1959 He was awarded at the 44th Inten for his work "The Transmission of Buddhism".
1962 As the first recipient of a UNESCO fellowship, he went to Europe to study.
1964 He was elected as the member of the Japan Art Institute.
1988 He was appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador to UNESCO.
1989 He was elected the sixth president of Tokyo University of the Arts.
1996 Became chairman of the Japan Art Institute.
1998 Presented with the Order of Culture.
2009 Died at the age of 79.