Katori Takeshi 鹿取武司, 1949-
Born in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Katori entered the Kyoto Prefectual Ohki High School
and studied oil painting. It was the influence of his art teacher, Jun Norimoto
that convinced Katori to pusue art as a life work. In 1972, he entered the Fine
Art Course of the Tokyo Gakugei University and began studying etching; by 1973
he had created his first mezzotint using a roulette. By 1976, Katori had abandoned
oil painting and etching to produce mezzotints; in the same year, he entered a
postgraduate course in art education at Tokyo Gakugei University. In 1977, Katori
went to Europe and met Kiyoshi Hasegawa and Yozo Hamaguchi. Katori completed
his postgraduate work in 1978 and soon began teaching at Bunka Women's University;
in 1981 his first solo exhibition of mezzotints was mounted.
Creator.Personal Name: Katori Takeshi, 1949-
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: 瓶とカード (Bottle and Card)
Description: mezzotint; undated but known to be from 1978; pencil signed and numbered 8/30; title from artist's web site.
Date: 1978.
Type: Mezzotints.
Subject: Still life.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 4.5 x 3 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Katori Takeshi L-?
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Creator.Personal Name: Katori Takeshi, 1949-
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: 待つバラ (Waiting Rose)
Description: mezzotint; undated but known to be from 1979; pencil signed and numbered 8/30; title from artist's web site.
Date: 1979.
Type: Mezzotints.
Subject: Still life.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 9 x 7.5 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Katori Takeshi L-?
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.