｢The Beach｣
Toshio Yodoi (1911-2005)
Toshio Yodoi is a leader of Nika Association and also one of the masters of representational sculpture in Showa Era. Many of his pieces are created in animal motif such as hamadryad, giraffe or donkey to depict the transitory life by such delicate composition as Giacometti uses. This figure of a young woman relaxing at the beach gives the feeling of lyricism just like this sculptor.
Toshio Yodoi
Born in Asago-gun, Hyogo in 1911. Having learned furniture at Osaka City Polytechnic, he graduated from Tokyo Fine Arts School (present Tokyo University of the Arts) Sculpture Department. He started to create works by "the gypsum direct attachment method" that has become his main technique from 1950s. Since then he continuously produced a lot of unique pieces and got a high evaluation. Large retrospective exhibitions were held in 1985 and 1987.
