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Sadao Watanabe

Sadao Watanabe (1913 - 1996) was active/lived in Japan.  Sadao Watanabe is known for Folk art textile artist, religious subjects, printmaking.

Sadao Watanabe born and raised in Tokyo, was a Japanese printmaker in the 20th Century. He was famous for his Biblical prints rendered in the mingei (folk art) tradition of Japan. As a student of the master textile dye artist Serizawa Keisuke (1895-1984), Watanabe was associated with the mingei (folk art) movement.

His father died when Watanabe was ten years old.  He dropped out of school at an early age and became an apprentice in a dyer's shop. A Christian woman in his neighborhood invited the fatherless boy to attend church with her. At the age of seventeen, Watanabe received baptism.

The young Watababe worked in dyers' shops, sketching patterns and dyeing clothes. In 1937, one year after Yanagi Soetsu (1889-1961), father of the Japanese mingei (folk art) movement, had established the Folk Art Museum, the 24-year-old Watanabe saw an exhibition of Serizawa Keisuke's (1895-1984) work. The event sowed the seeds of Watanabe's artistic endeavor. A few years late   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3918 characters.]  Artist bio

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