Tomie Ohtake | |
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大竹富江 | |
 Ohtake receiving the Order of Cultural Merit in 2006 | |
| Born | Tomie Nakakubo 21 November 1913 |
| Died | 12 February 2015 (aged 101) São Paulo, Brazil |
| Citizenship | Japan (until 1968) Brazil (from 1968) |
| Education | Keisuke Sugano (菅野圭介) |
| Known for | Painting, drawing, printing, sculpture |
| Style | Geometric abstraction, lyrical abstraction |
| Movement | Abstract art |
| Spouse |
Ushio Ohtake
(m. 1936, sep.) |
| Children | 2 (including Ruy) |
| Memorial(s) | Tomie Ohtake Institute |
| Japanese name | |||||||||
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| Kanji | 大竹富江 | ||||||||
| Hiragana | おおたけ とみえ | ||||||||
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Tomie Ohtake (大竹富江, Ōtake Tomie, née Nakakubo (中久保); 21 November 1913 – 12 February 2015) was a Japanese Brazilian visual artist.[1] Her work includes paintings, prints and sculptures. She was one of the main representatives of informal abstractionism in Brazil.
- ^ Martí, Silas (February 12, 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 February 12, 2015.