Taro Okamoto

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Japanese artist artist avant-garde artist human painter sculptor

Taro Okamoto was a pioneering Japanese avant-garde artist known for his bold abstract works and iconic public sculptures that helped shape postwar Japanese art.

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instanceOf Japanese artist ⓘ
artist ⓘ
avant-garde artist ⓘ
human ⓘ
painter ⓘ
sculptor ⓘ
awardReceived Order of the Rising Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Japan ⓘ
created Myth of Tomorrow NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Law of the Jungle NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Tree of Children NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tower of Mother NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tower of the Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ
Young People’s Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1911-02-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1996-01-07 ⓘ
educatedAt Académie de la Grande Chaumière NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tokyo School of Fine Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ
École des Beaux-Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Okamoto NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork mural art ⓘ
painting ⓘ
public art ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Taro NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMuseum Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum, Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced postwar Japanese art ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Japanese ⓘ
livedIn Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement Surrealism ⓘ
abstract art ⓘ
avant-garde ⓘ
name Taro Okamoto NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality Japanese ⓘ
nativeName 岡本太郎 NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor bold abstract works ⓘ
iconic public sculptures ⓘ
notableWork Myth of Tomorrow NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Law of the Jungle NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Tower of the Sun (Expo ’70 Pavilion sculpture) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Tree of Children NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tower of Mother NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tower of the Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ
Young People’s Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Tokyo, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Toshiko Okamoto NERFINISHED ⓘ

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1970 World Exposition → Tower of the SunDesigner → Taro Okamoto ⓘ
subject surface form: Expo '70
Expo ’70 → artworkCreator → Taro Okamoto ⓘ
Tower of the Sun → creator → Taro Okamoto ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tarō Okamoto