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Hodaka Yoshida (1926 - 1995) was active/lived in Japan.  Hodaka Yoshida is known for Modernist woodblock printing and painting.

Hodaka Yoshida was a Japanese modernist artist who worked first in oils, and then from 1950 in the woodblock* print medium. From the beginning of his career, he broadened the range of styles and techniques used by Yoshida family artists.

His father and mother, Hiroshi Yoshida and Fujio Yoshida, were both leading Western-style artists in Tokyo in oils, watercolors, and from 1925 in shin-hanga* woodblock prints. Hodaka's older brother, Toshi Yoshida, became the heir to the Yoshida Studio and worked in both oils and woodblock prints. Hodaka was supposed to become a scientist, but as the Second World War ended, he defied his father's plans and became, not only an artist, but one who focused on abstraction, a style his father disdained. Unlike others in the family, Hodaka's art is quite complex, with an "edgy" feel to it.

Instead of having a straight line development, his work moved forward in a series of abrupt stages. For example, his 1955 encounter in Mexico with primitive   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3405 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Hodaka Yoshida  Born:  1926 - Japan
Died:   1995 - Japan
Known for:  Modernist woodblock printing and painting

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Hodaka Yoshida was a Japanese modernist artist who worked first in oils, and then from 1950 in the woodblock* print medium. From the beginning of his career, he broadened the range of styles and techniques used by Yoshida family artists.

His father and mother, Hiroshi Yoshida and Fujio Yoshida, were both leading Western-style artists in Tokyo in oils, watercolors, and from 1925 in shin-hanga* woodblock prints. Hodaka's older brother, Toshi Yoshida, became the heir to the Yoshida Studio and worked in both oils and woodblock prints. Hodaka was supposed to become a scientist, but as the Second World War ended, he defied his father's plans and became, not only an artist, but one who focused on abstraction, a style his father disdained. Unlike others in the family, Hodaka's art is quite complex, with an "edgy" feel to it.

Instead of having a straight line development, his work moved forward in a series of abrupt stages. For example, his 1955 encounter in Mexico with primitive Pre-Columbian artifacts and architecture radically reoriented his art. A survey of the total range of his work - about 600 prints over 45 years - reveals distinct periods, each having major changes in subject matter, vocabulary, style, and color pallet. His styles, while always his own, drew from Expressionism*, Pop Art*, Photorealism*, and Color Field* abstraction.

Broadly speaking most of his prints would be categorized as sosaku-hanga.

Main periods:
1950-53 Early Prints - simple modern observations of nature and human nature
1953-54 Buddhist Prints - modern reformulations of traditional Japanese material culture
1955-63 Primitive Prints - abstractions of the primitive in Pre-Columbian forms
1963-66 Folk Prints (Transition A) - witty perspectives on indigenous South American culture
1966-74 Mythology and Landscape Prints - Pop art exposé of modern culture in decline
1974-79 House and Nude Prints (Transition B) - the tension aroused by premodern/modern
1979-84 FMC House Prints - the basic human element in houses from various cultures
1984-91 Recollection Prints (Transition C) - noting old and distressed objects
1991-95 Wall Prints - the human story on the surfaces of old walls

The print technology Hodaka used was not limited to woodblock, but included monoprinting, wood engraving, copper etching, silkscreen*, lithograph*, and often employed photo-transfer techniques. In this regard he was a pioneer in Japan in the 1960s and 70's.  His subject matter was drawn from objects in cultures all around the world. In spite of these various dynamics, each of Hodaka's periods is an exploration in the same basic direction, into what might be called modernist expressions of primitive human vitality.

He exhibited mainly in major international art biennials. Hodaka received many awards and prizes, including the Purple Ribbon Decoration bestowed by the Emperor in 1990, and the Order of the Rising Sun, Fourth class, awarded by the Emperor posthumously in 1995.

Hodaka's wife, Chizuko Yoshida, née Inoue, (1924-) and their daughter Ayomi Yoshida (1958-) are both artists, and their son Takasuke (1959-) is an art jewelry maker.

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