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Tsuguharu Foujita

1886 - 1968

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Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (藤田 嗣治, Fujita Tsuguharu, November 27, 1886 – January 29, 1968) was a Japanese–French painter. After having studied Western-style painting in Japan, Foujita traveled to Paris, where he encountered the international modern art scene of the Montparnasse neighborhood and developed an eclectic style that borrowed from both Japanese and European artistic traditions. With his unusual fashion and distinctive figurative style, Foujita reached the height of his fame in 1920s Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tsuguharu Foujita has received more than 392,051 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Tsuguharu Foujita is the 435th most popular painter (up from 633rd in 2019), the 254th most popular biography from Japan (up from 495th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Tsuguharu Foujita ranks 435 out of 1,421. Before him are Anna Ancher, Piero Manzoni, Marianne von Werefkin, Albert Edelfelt, Ernest Meissonier, and Orcagna. After him are Erich Heckel, Willem van Aelst, Suzuki Harunobu, Hubert Robert, Raoul Hausmann, and Aelbert Cuyp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Tsuguharu Foujita ranks 50. Before him are Jisaburō Ozawa, Dong Biwu, Rex Stout, Franz Rosenzweig, Alain-Fournier, and Vittorio Pozzo. After him are Raoul Hausmann, Gottfried Benn, Marcel Dupré, Erich Fellgiebel, Giovanni Battista Caproni, and Mary Wigman. Among people deceased in 1968, Tsuguharu Foujita ranks 41. Before him are Alice Guy-Blaché, Romano Guardini, Josef Harpe, Vittorio Pozzo, Fritz Bauer, and Charles Chaplin Jr.. After him are Howard Florey, Georgios Papandreou, Husband E. Kimmel, Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, Arnold Zweig, and Giovannino Guareschi.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tsuguharu Foujita ranks 254 out of 6,048. Before him are Masaru Ibuka (1908), Hōjō Tokimune (1251), Hiroyuki Sanada (1960), Yozo Aoki (1929), Tamon Yamaguchi (1892), and Emperor Sutoku (1119). After him are Emperor Shōmu (701), Emperor Ingyō (376), Suzuki Harunobu (1725), Kenji Doihara (1883), Hara Takashi (1856), and Hideo Sakai (1909).

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Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Tsuguharu Foujita ranks 4. Before him are Yayoi Kusama (1929), Utamaro (1753), and Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797). After him are Suzuki Harunobu (1725), Sesshū Tōyō (1420), Yoshitoshi (1839), Kunisada (1786), Hishikawa Moronobu (1618), Masaaki Hatsumi (1931), Takashi Murakami (1962), and Ogata Kōrin (1658).

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