Maruyama okyo biography of george

Japanese artist (–)

In this Japanese name, the surname is Maruyama.

Maruyama Ōkyo (円山 応挙, traditional characters: 圓山 應舉, June 12, &#;&#; August 31, ), born Maruyama Masataka, was a Japanese artist active in the late 18th century.

He moved to Kyoto, during which he studied artworks from Chinese, Japanese and Western sources. A personal style of Western naturalism mixed with Eastern decorative design emerged, and Ōkyo founded the Maruyama school of painting.

Maruyama okyo biography of george

Although many of his fellow artists criticized his work as too slavishly devoted to natural representation, it proved a success with laypeople.

Early career

Ōkyo was born into a farming family in Ano-o, in present-day Kameoka, Kyoto.

As a teenager, he moved to Kyoto and joined the townspeople (chōnin) class. He apprenticed for a toy shop, where he painted the faces onto dolls. The shop began selling E