Artists, Yuzo Saeki and Tsune Nakamura / 画家の佐伯祐三と中村彝

After reading about some famous painters, such as Yuzo Saeki and Tsune Nakamura used to live in my area and their studios still exist here at the ward office, I always wanted to visit their studios and it finally happened!

区役所のパンフレットに落合に住んでいた画家のアトリエ／美術館についてのパンフレットを何度か読み、ずっと行ってみたいなぁと思っていた中落合にある佐伯祐三と下落合にある中村彝のアトリエについに娘と一緒に訪問。

Both of them had a cute small art studio.
やっぱり海外のアーティストのアトリエと比べるとサイズが小さい。だけども、こじんまりとして可愛らしいアトリエだった。

Below is Yuzo Saeki's art studio in Nakaochiai, Tokyo.

下が佐伯祐三のアトリエ。


Yuzo Saeki was born in Osaka, Japan in 1898 and his father was a Buddhist monk. In 1921 he married a painter, Yoneko Ikeda. He was a student at Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris in 1924; he loved living in Paris and the city inspired him to paint. His nick name was "Van Gogh of Japan" because his style was similar to Van Gogh's work. He passed away when he was 30-yr-old in Paris.

画家、佐伯祐三は1898年に大阪生まれでお父さんはお寺の住職さん。1921年に画家の池田米子と結婚。パリを愛し、パリで芸術の学生として1924年から過ごす。画家のゴッホのファンで佐伯の作品はゴッホのタッチを思わせたため、彼のニックネームは日本のゴッホ。短命な佐伯は30歳にしてこの世を去る。


He was a good looking man!
写真でみるとかっこいい人だったんだなぁ〜と思ってしまった。

Yuzo only used this studio for four years.
佐伯はこのアトリエを実際の所は4年位しか使っていない。


Below is Tune Nakamura's art studio.
下が中村彝のアトリエ。


Tsune Nakamura was born as the fifth child of samurai family in Mito, Ibaraki prefecture in 1887. He went to a junior army school in Nagoya to become a solider, however he contracted tuberculosis which ended his military career. Tsune always enjoyed drawing and painting as a child that led him to become an artist. He was a member of a painting groups, such as Hakuba Kai and Taiheiyo Gakai. Tune`s work was influenced by Rembrandt, Renoir and Cezanne.

中村は5人兄弟の末っ子として茨城県の水戸に生まれる。陸軍軍人の兄の影響を受けて軍人になるために名古屋陸軍地方幼年学校を卒業。しかし肺結核をわずらい軍人になるのを諦める。その後に幼い頃から得意だった絵画をするようになり画家を志し、白馬会洋画研究所で絵を学ぶ。

He built a good relationship with Soma family who was known as the art patron and the owner of Shinjuku Nakamuraya. There was a studio in the back of their house; they let him live there. Their oldest daughter, Shunko posed him as a nude model for his work. He fell in love with her, but her family did not want her to marry him because of his illness. Heartbroken Tune left for Izu Oshima in 1914, then he built an art studio in Shimo Ochiai, Tokyo after getting help from a patron financially. He passed away from his illness at the age of thirty seven.

新宿中村屋の相馬夫妻と仲良くなり新宿中村屋の裏のアトリエで暮らし、作品作りに没頭する。相馬家の長女の俊子は中村のためにヌードモデルを引き受ける。彼は俊子に恋をするがその恋は実らない。俊子の家族は娘の裸が人々の目にさらされる事を嫌う。また病気の中村が娘と仲良くなる事も良い事とは思わなかった。傷ついた中村は伊豆大島に1914年に旅立つ事になる。しかしパトロンから経済的な援助を受けて後に下落合にアトリエを構える。肺結核の為に37歳でこの世を去る。

I think Mia enjoyed visiting art studios with me.

娘もアトリエを私と一緒に満喫。