Kokuta Suda
1906 Born in Fukiage town, Saitama Prefecture
1927 Failed the entrance exam of Tokyo Academy of Fine Arts
1935 Exhibited at the 1st Dainibu-kai but was shocked by the suicide of his friend who was not being selected
1948 Joined Tenseki-kai (a group of Kyoto, Kobe and Osaka ba sed artists and scholars) through Sugimoto Kenkichi.Met Hasegawa Saburo at the Tenseki-ka i and was greatly affected by himin terms of shaping and mental side,and later on changed his style to abstract painting
1950 Published an article Genshi to Sho [Primitive and Calligraphy], and continue the discussion of painting theorywith Hasegawa Saburo
1952 Founded Genbi [Contemporary Art Discussion Group] with Tsutaka Waichi, Yoshihara Jiro, Ueki Shigeru,Yamazaki Takao, Nakamura Makoto, and Tanaka Kenzo
1970 Became the illustrator of Asahi Weekly serial column ‘Kaido wo yuku’ [On the roads] and visited a lot of placeswith the autor Shiba Ryōtarō
1981 Published the original picture collection of ‘Kaido wo yuku.’
1984 Published a gouache collection Watakushi no Mandara - Suda Kokuta no sekai [My Mandala: the World ofSuda Kokuta] and a book entitled Watakushi no zokei: Gendai bijutsu [My Shaping: Modern Art]
1990 Passed away at the age of 84
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Kokuta SudaInfinite Space 無限空間, c. 1959Oil and collage on canvas, framed28 3/8 x 19 3/4 in (72 x 50 cm)
35 7/8 x 27 1/8 in framed (91 x 69 cm framed)
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Kokuta SudaAbstraction 抽象, c. 1959Oil on canvas, framed23 1/4 x 19 1/8 in (59 x 48.5 cm)
30 1/2 x 26 3/8 in framed (77.5 x 67 cm framed)
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Kokuta SudaKado (the art of flower arrangement) 華道 , 1989Ink on paper, hanging scroll37 3/4 x 22 7/8 in (96 x 58 cm)
51 5/8 x 23 5/8 in framed (131 x 60 cm framed)
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Kokuta SudaDaito 大燈, 1989Ink on paper, hanging scroll34 5/8 x 18 1/2 in (88 x 47 cm)
49 1/4 x 19 1/4 in framed (125 x 49 cm framed)
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Kokuta SudaOkuko 憶劫, 1988Ink, silver paint on paper, framed43 1/2 x 58 5/8 in (110.6 x 149 cm)
45 1/4 x 60 1/4 in framed (115 x 153 cm framed)
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Kokuta SudaBudo (roughshod, savage) 無道, 1986Ink, silver paint on paper, framed38 1/4 x 22 in (56 x 97 cm)
41 3/4 x 25 5/8 in framed (106 x 65 cm framed)
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Kokuta SudaShinshin 心神, 1981Ink on paper, hanging scroll33 7/8 x 20 7/8 in (86 x 53 cm)
52 3/4 x 22 7/8 in framed (134 x 58 cm framed)
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Kokuta SudaAbstraction 抽象, 1970Oil on canvas64 x 51 5/8 in (162.5 x 131 cm)
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Kokuta SudaAbstraction 抽象, 1968Gouache on paper, framed45 1/4 x 35 3/8 in (115 x 90 cm)
46 7/8 x 37 in framed (119 x 94 cm framed)
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Kokuta SudaWork 作品, 1963Oil and duralumin pigment on dungaree, framed46 1/2 x 32 1/4 in (118 x 82 cm)
48 x 33 7/8 in framed (122 x 86 cm framed)
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Kokuta SudaAbstraction 抽象, 1961Oil on canvas, framed28 3/4 x 24 in (73 x 61 cm)
31 1/2 x 26 3/4 in framed (80 x 68 cm framed)
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Kokuta SudaAbstraction 抽象, 1961Oil on canvas, framed21 1/4 x 18 1/8 in (54 x 46 cm)
22 1/2 x 19 1/4 in framed (57 x 49 cm framed)
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Kokuta SudaAbstraction 抽象, 1960Oil, mineral colors and lithic flake on paper28 3/4 x 24 in (73 x 61 cm)
29 3/8 x 24 1/2 in framed (74.6 x 62.2 cm framed)
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Kokuta SudaActive Nothing-Like Thing 能動的無的主体, 1958Pastel, gouache and pencil on paper, framed12 5/8 x 9 7/8 in (32 x 25 cm)
13 3/8 x 10 5/8 in framed (34 x 27 cm framed)
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Kokuta SudaAbstraction 抽象, 1953Gouache and collage on paper, framed17 3/4 x 14 3/4 in (45.2 x 37.3 cm)
20 1/8 x 16 7/8 in framed (51 x 43 cm framed)
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Kokuta SudaAbstraction 抽象Gouache, mineral colors and duralumin pigment on paper, framed14 5/8 x 11 3/4 in (37 x 30 cm)
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Kokuta SudaAbstraction 抽象Gouache on paper, framed30 x 23 3/8 in (76.1 x 59.3 cm)
30 1/4 x 24 in framed (77 x 61 cm framed)
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Kokuta SudaAbstraction 抽象Gouache, pastel and mineral colors on paper, framed29 1/8 x 23 1/4 in (74 x 59 cm)
31 3/8 x 25 5/8 in framed (79.6 x 65 cm framed)
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Kokuta SudaAbstraction 抽象Oil on canvas, framed28 3/4 x 23 7/8 in (73 x 60.5 cm)
29 3/4 x 24 3/4 in framed (75.5 x 63 cm framed)
