Shower 15F (65.2 x 53 cm) by Kotaro Migishi
This painting depicts a sudden, heavy rain shower.
The pale colors that fill most of the screen evoke the atmosphere of a rain-soaked sky.
The artist's characteristic delicate touch and the texture only possible with oil painting capture this momentary change in nature, lingering in the viewer's mind.
Born in 1930 in Saginomiya, Nakano-ku, Tokyo as the third child of father Kotaro and mother Setsuko.
1953 First solo exhibition at Ginza Kabutoya Gallery
1954 Traveled around France with Setsuko Migishi
In 1956, he was accepted as a member of the Shinju-kai by Kan'emon Asai and exhibited his work (thereafter, he exhibited every year until he returned to France in 1967 ).
1957: Exhibited at the Asahi New Artist Exhibition (Nihonbashi Takashimaya)
1959 Solo exhibition of Kyoto landscapes at Bungeishunju Gallery
1962: Recommends and submits "Still Life I " to the 6th Yasui Prize New Artists Exhibition
1963: Invited to exhibit works such as "Work I " and "Landscape" at the 2nd International Figurative Exhibition (Mitsukoshi Main Store, Nihonbashi)
1965: Solo exhibition of still lifes at Nihonbashi Toho Gallery (solo exhibitions held in 1966 , 1967 , and 1968 )
1966: Invited to exhibit at the 1st Showakai Exhibition, becoming a seed artist (invited to exhibit at the 3rd Exhibition)
1967: Exhibited three "Nudes" at the 24th Shinju-kai Exhibition (Mitsukoshi Main Store, Nihonbashi)
1974: Solo exhibition of southern French landscapes that had been collected over five years at Nihonbashi Toho Gallery
1978 First solo exhibition of Burgundy landscapes at Galerie Nido in Paris
Exhibited at FIAC'82 ( Grand Palais, Paris ) in 1982
1985 Gouache Exhibition at the Nagoya Nichido Gallery
January 1986: Solo exhibition at Galerie Motte in Geneva
1987: Family exhibition at the Ende Gallery, Amsterdam
1988 Solo exhibition at the Basel Art Fair '88
1989 Solo exhibition at Gallery Nichido, Tokyo
1990 Solo exhibition at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store and Sapporo Mitsukoshi
1992 Solo exhibition at Takashimaya (also held in Yokohama, Kyoto, Gifu, Okayama, and Osaka in 1994 , 1996 , 1998 , and 2002 )
1996 Gouache Exhibition at Takanawa Gallery, Ginza
1998: First solo exhibition at Beckett Fine Art, Toronto, Canada
2000 Small works exhibition at Ginza Takanawa Gallery
January 2001: Solo exhibition at Nagoya Mitsukoshi. October 2001 : Solo exhibition at Funabashi Seibu.
Gouache Exhibition at Takashimaya Nihonbashi in January 2002
2003 Solo exhibition at Nihonbashi Takashimaya (Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Gifu, Nagoya, Yokohama, Yonago, Okayama)
2004: 4th solo exhibition at Beckett Fine Art, Toronto, Canada
Solo exhibition at Takanawa Gallery from April 5 to April 11 , 2006. Solo exhibition at Nihonbashi Takashimaya
2007/9/15 - 10/6 5th solo exhibition at Beckett Fine Art, Toronto, Canada
Solo exhibition at Takanawa Gallery from November 2 to November 14 , 2009
Died on December 27th in Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture
2010/2/15 - 2/25 Migishi Kotaro Memorial Exhibition held at Ginza Takanawa Gallery