NAMBATA Tatsuoki
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| 1905： |
Born in Asahikawa, Hokkaido. Moves to Tokyo with his family the following year. |
| 1923： |
Enters Waseda Senior High School, met Takamura Kotaro. |
| 1927： |
Inspired by Vincent van Gogh works seen with Takamura, decides to become a painter. |
| 1928： |
Taken on as a student by Kawashima Riichiro on Takamura’s introduction. |
| 1933： |
Becomes close friends with Matsumoto Shunsuke and Tsuruoka Masao. |
| 1937： |
Becomes an associate member of Jiyu Bijutsu Kyokai on its establishment, and is nominated for full membership the following year. |
| 1946： |
Participates as a committee member in the founding of Nihon Bijutsukai |
| 1947：
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Exhibits in the first Bijutsu Dantai Rengo exhibition and the first Japan Independent Exhibition (organised by Nihon Bijutsukai). |
| 1953：
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Becomes founding member of the Japan branch of the International Art Club. |
| 1956
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Exhibits in Exposition Internationale de l'Art Actuel. |
| 1957
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Becomes a lecturer at Bunka Fashion College (until March 1981). |
| 1971： |
Receives Medal of Honour (Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon). Also a recipient in 1976, 1981, 1983, and 1985). |
| 1974
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Death of second son Fumio in a fall from a ferry in the Seto Inland Sea. First son Norio also dies the following year. |
| 1982： |
Solo exhibition Keisho no Shijin: Nambata Tatsuoki [Poet of Figurative Art: Nambata Tatsuoki] at Hokkaido Asahikawa Museum of Art and Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art |
| 1987：
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Solo exhibition Today’s Artists: An Exhibition of Nambata Tatsuoki at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. |
| 1994： |
Solo exhibition TATSUOKI NAMBATA Works Since After 1954 - Development of Abstraction, Echo of Life at Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo. |
| 1996
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Selected as Person of Cultural Merit awardee. |
| 1997
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Dies of pneumonia on November 8, aged ninety-two.
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