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Biography Furusawa, Iwami (1902 - 2000)

Born in Saga prefecture, Furusawa Iwami started painting at an early age, in 1927. He attended the Hongô Painting Institute, and also worked as a manga artist an illustrator under the name of Noro Bonsuke. He was active in the formation of the Fine Art and Culture Association in 1939 and is generally considered one of the pioneers of Surrealism in Japan. In 1947 he organized the Japanese Association of Avant-garde Artists. The Museum of Furusawa Iwami was established in Yamanashi in 1975. In keeping with his work as an illustrator before the war he undertook illustrating "The Thousand and One Nights" in 1966. He was arrested for obscenity a few times, but that did not hamper his career.




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