Tomie Ohtake

Tomie Ohtake
Tomie Ohtake
大竹富江
	Tomie Ohtake in 2006, when she was awarded the Order of Cultural Merit.
Born	November 21, 1913; Kyoto, Japan
Died	February 12, 2015 (aged 101); São Paulo, Brazil
Nationality	Japanese Brazilian
Education	Keisuke Sugano
Known for	Painting, drawing, printing, sculpture
Style	Geometric abstraction, lyrical abstraction
Movement	Abstract art
Memorial(s)	Tomie Ohtake Institute

Tomie Ohtake (大竹富江, Ōtake Tomie, November 21, 1913 – February 12, 2015) was a Japanese-born Brazilian artist.^[1] Her work includes paintings, prints and sculptures. She was one of the main representatives of informal abstractionism in Brazil. Her son, Ruy Ohtake, was also an architect.

Ohtake died in São Paulo, Brazil at the age of 101 from heart failure.

References

↑ Martí, Silas (12 February 2015). "Tomie Ohtake, grande dama da arte nacional, morre aos 101 anos em SP" [Tomie Ohtake, grande dame of national art, dies aged 101 in São Paulo]. Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 February 2015.

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[1] Martí, Silas (12 February 2015). "Tomie Ohtake, grande dama da arte nacional, morre aos 101 anos em SP" [Tomie Ohtake, grande dame of national art, dies aged 101 in São Paulo]. Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 February 2015.

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