Heizo Kanayama

Japan
Japan
Games Participations1
First Olympic GamesLos Angeles 1932
Year of Birth1883

Biography

Japanese painter Heizo Kanayama entered Tokyo Bijutsu School in the Western painting department at the age of 21 years, and his talent was recognized immediately. He learned the technique of oil painting in Europe, beginning in 1912 in France, and studied abroad for the next four years. Kanayama traveled around Europe, and painted mainly in Paris until 1915. Back in Japan he spent his winters in Nagano from 1917, painting mainly winter landscapes as his nickname “snow painter” indicated. He worked alone without belonging to any societies.

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