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Keiko Minami was born on 12 February, 1911 in Toyama Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese artist (1911–2014). Discover Keiko Minami's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 93 years old?

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Age 93 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 12 February 1911
Birthday 12 February
Birthplace Toyama Prefecture, Japan
Date of death 1 November, 2004
Died Place Tokyo, Japan
Nationality Japan

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Keiko Minami (南 桂子) was a Japanese artist, aquatint engraver, and poet.

She is best known for her pictograph-like aquatints with a whimsical, childlike aesthetic.

1911

Keiko Minami was born in the Imizu District of Toyama Prefecture in 1911.

She was orphaned at a young age and was raised along with her sisters by their uncle.

Her grandmother, Setsuko was the younger sister of the scientist Jōkichi Takamine.

Her father, Tatsuyoshi Minami graduated from the University of Tokyo Law School and was once in the faculty of law at the University of Tokyo.

Her mother, Kiyo, was a poet who studied in the Department of Japanese Literature at Japan Women's University.

Minami expressed an early interest in the arts.

She painted and wrote poetry in high school, and studied the art of children's stories under the Japanese novelist and poet Sakae Tsuboi.

1927

She attended the School of Fine Arts Tokyo (東京美術学校), now called the Tokyo University of the Arts (東京藝術大学), from 1927 until 1929.

Between early 30s and mid-40s, Minami likely returned to and stayed in Toyama.

She got married and had a son.

1945

After the war in 1945, Minami moved to Tokyo with her son.

Introduced by Ineko Sata, she studied literature from writer Sakae Tsuboi and oil painting from Western-style painter Yoshio Mori.

1949

In 1949, she exhibited her oil painting Lyric Poetry at the 13th Free Art Exhibition (自由美術展).

Around that time, Minami met her future husband, the mezzotint artist Yōzō Hamaguchi at Mori's studio.

1953

Minami and Hamaguchi moved to Paris in late 1953 where Minami began studying under Friedlaender, a pioneer in aquatint etching at the time, at the Johnny Friedlaender Print Institute.

1955

She became a member of the Free Artist Association in 1955, and in 1956 her work Fūkei (風景, Landscape) was purchased by the French Ministry of Education.

1957

In 1957, Hitsujikai no shōjo (羊飼いの少女, Shepherdess with Her Flock) was selected to be on the Christmas card from the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and in 1958, Heiwa no ki (平和の木, Tree of Peace) was reprinted on the greeting card of UNICEF, and Minami was named Official Artist of the United Nations in 1959.

More than 2 million of these greeting cards were issued and reprinted at least twice.

1960

In the 1960s, Minami's interest in literature led her to take on illustration projects for writers.

1961

In 1961, Heinz Berggruen, a dealer in modern prints known for his collection of 20th-century masterpieces, became Keiko's exclusive art dealer.

1966

Later on, UNICEF used Kodomo to hanataba to inu (子供と花束と犬, Children, Bouquets and Dogs) as part of its 1966 calendar.

1968

From 1968, eight of Minami's illustrations were included in The Complete Works of World Literature 46 Beauvoir / Duras (世界文学全集 46 ボーヴォワール/デュラス) and the year after, she illustrated Takehiko Fukunaga’s Childhood and Others (幼年 その他) — both published by Kodansha.

1970

Shuntarō Tanikawa’s poetry collection Utsumuku Seinen (うつむく青年, Depressed Youth), published in 1970, included Minami's illustrations and cover design.

Tanikawa had once dedicated a poem to the artist, titled Dō no fetishizumu Minami Keiko-san ni (銅のフェティシズム 南桂子さんに, Copper Fetishism to Keiko Minami).

1981

In 1981, Minami moved from Paris to San Francisco and returned to Japan in 1996 after more than forty years abroad.

During this time domestic institutions continued to recognize Minami's artistic merit.

1982

By 1982, all guest rooms of the Imperial Hotel Tokyo were decorated with the artist's copperplate prints.

1984

In 1984, Minami was nominated as an honorary member of the Japan Print Association (日本版画協会).

1992

In the hotel's informational magazine Imperial, which was launched in 1992, Minami's works were on the cover from No. 1 to No. 13 issues.

1998

In 1998, Musée Hamaguchi Yōzō/Yamasa Collection (ミュゼ浜口陽三·ヤマサコレクション) was opened in Nihonbashi Kakigara-chō, Tokyo, and Minami's works are also on permanent display.

2004

In 2000, her husband Yōzō Hamaguchi died and Minami died December 1, 2004, at a hospital in Minato-ku, Tokyo, due to myocardial infarction.

2011

Some guest rooms were still decorated with works from Minami in 2011.