"The World Through Toshihiko Itoh's Eyes: From Paintings to Reliefs" Exhibition

Yokkaichi Municipal Museum

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In 1928, Toshihiko Itoh was born in Yokkaichi city, Mie prefecture, and spent his entire life there. He received the cultural heritage award from Mie prefecture in 2000.
In his early years, he studied at an art school in Kyoto. Upon graduation, Itoh taught art as a junior high school teacher in Yokkaichi. During his spare time he actively created art. Beginning in the 1960s, he presented oil paintings with dark tones but accentuated the paint texture. Later in the 1970's, he created paintings with a unique perception of space, which developed into an exploration of using reliefs in the 1980s.
The exhibition features Itoh's creations of fifty years until he passed away last November.

[Image: "42 Self-Portraits of 42 Days" (1975), oil painting]