Kitade Fujio - 北出不二雄 - 1919-today
Kitade Fujio is born in 1919. He is also the adopted son of Kitade Tojiro (北出
塔次郎) and became the 4th generation of the Kitade family. He enter a pottery school
in Ishikawa prefecture, then moved to Kyoto to learn in a ceramic research center.
His family had moved to Kyoto. However Kitade Fujio returned to Kaga city.
In 1946 he was selected at the modern Art exhibition. In 1950 he graduated from
Kanazawa Arts University and at the same time entered Nitten Exhibition. From
1957 he started to perform research in Yamashiro area on Kutani old kilns. In
1963 he was selected at Asahi ceramic exhibition and in 1964 he received the best
prize. In 1965 he received the first prize at Nitten. In 1970 he started to teach
at Kanazawa University.
He uses Kutani original colors but his technic has modern feeling and there is
only one specialist like this not only for painting but also for his creative
style.
He tried a lot of effort to complete his father Kitade Tojiro's ceramics. He was
noticed at Nippon exhibition. He would like to developp another type of painting
different from his father. He carves the pictures first then paints using low
fire degree on a ceramic which has been fired at high temperature before. He does
not necessarily follow the old Kutani style. He uses sometimes "soda glaze" paintings.
He has succeded his father in Seissen kiln.
大正8年生まれ
昭和25年、日展初入選、以後連続入選
昭和30年、第11回石川県現代美術展、最高賞受賞
昭和32年、第13回石川県現代美術展、最高賞受賞
昭和38年、日本現代工芸美術展入選、以後連続入選
昭和39年、第2回朝日陶芸展、優秀賞受賞。石川県現代美術展審査員、以後歴任 ：
昭和40年、第8回日展特選、北斗賞受賞 ：
昭和41年、第4回朝日陶芸展審査員、以後歴任：
昭和46年、日展審査員 ：
昭和48年、第1回中日国際陶芸展審査員、以後歴任
昭和49年、第13回日本現代工芸美術展審査員
昭和52年、第1回伝統九谷焼工芸展審査員、出品作品優秀賞受賞。北国文化賞受賞
昭和53年、第2回伝統九谷焼工芸展審査員、出品作品大賞受賞。第10回日展審査員 ：
昭和54年、第1回日本新工芸展審査員、以後歴任
昭和55年、第3回伝統九谷焼陶芸展審査員、出品作品大賞受賞：九谷焼技術保存会会員(県指定無形文化財)
昭和56年、第3回新工芸展、東京都知事賞受賞
昭和57年、加賀市文化財専門委員、加賀市文化功労賞受賞：
昭和58年、石川テレビ賞受賞
昭和59年、第16回日展審査員 石川県指定無形文化財保持者
Kitade Fujio was born in Kaga city in 1919. He was adopted by his uncle Kitade
Tojiro and learned pottery from him. He eventually graduated from the Pottery
and Porcelain Department of Kanazawa Technical College of Arts in 1950. In 1950,
for the first time his work was selected at the Japan Exhibition. In 1965, he
was awarded a special prize and in 1987 he received the distinguished‘Prime
Minister's Prize’. In 1990, he became a chairman of the Society to Preserve
the Kutani Porcelain Technique, which was designated an Intangible Cultural
Asset by Ishikawa Prefecture. In 1991, he became the President of Kanazawa College
of Art and since then has nurtured younger artists to fulfill their potential.
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