4/16［水］― 29［火祝］
niigata eya exhibition 691
峰村さんの絵はリアルだ。故洲之内徹の肖像でも、大胆に筆を奔らせていながら、洲之内氏に会った事の無い私でも、こんな人なんだろうな、と思わせられる生々しさ。良く見れば目の位置も鼻の描き方もダイナミックなのだけど、安易な「らしさ」ではなく人というカタマリを描いている。花でも女性像でも、それを前にして描いていた息遣いが、峰村さん自身のエネルギーが何十年も前の画布から、鮮やかに伝わってくる。（企画者：田代早苗）
Ms. Minemura’s paintings are realistic. In the portrait of the late Toru Sunouchi, the artist’s brushwork is bold and uninhibited, but the vividness of the painting makes even me, who has never met Mr. Sunouchi, think that this is the kind of person he must have been. If you look closely, you can see that the position of the eyes and the way the nose is drawn are dynamic, but the artist has depicted a form of a person, rather than an easy “character.” Whether it is a flower or a female figure, I can viscerally feel the breath of the artist as she painted, as well as, her own energy, coming through the decades-old canvas. (Exhibition Planner: Sanae Tashiro)
峰村リツ子（みねむら りつこ）
1907年新潟市生まれ。生家は沼垂で味噌醸造業を営んでいた。10代後半に東京へ行き、太平洋美術研究所で油絵を学ぶ。野口弥太郎、里見勝蔵、児島善三郎らの指導を受ける。女性の油絵画家の草分けの一人。戦前は1930年協会展、二科展、独立美術協会に出品。34年三岸節子、桜井浜江、佐川敏子らとグループ女艸会を結成。戦後は女流画家協会、自由美術家協会等で発表後、 70歳を越えてからは主に個展で発表。93年朝日ギャラリーで自薦展を開催。95年没。
Ritsuko Minemura
Born in 1907 in Niigata City. She was from Nuttari where her family ran a miso making business. In her late teens she went to Tokyo, where she studied oil painting at the Taiheiyo Art Association. Yataro Noguchi, Katsuzo Satomi, and Zenzaburo Kojima were her teachers. Minemura is one of the pioneers of Japan’s female oil painters. Before the war in 1930 she exhibited at the Kyokai Exhibition, the Nika Art Exhibition, and the Dokuritsu Bijutsu Kyokai. In 1934, she formed the group Josokai with Setsuko Migishi, Hamae Sakurai,and Toshiko Sagawa. After the war, she exhibited her works at the Women’s Artist Association, at the Jiyu Bijutsuka Association, and at other venues. After turning 70, she mainly exhibited her works at solo shows. In 1993 she displayed self-selected artwork at the Asahi Gallery. She died in 1995.
PHOTO（上）: 題不詳 1991年 油彩/キャンバス P8号
PHOTO: 題不詳 1992年 油彩/キャンバス F30号
PHOTO:制作年不明 油彩／キャンバス SM
▶ 峰村リツ子展・前期／後期
▶ 峰村リツ子・緑川俊一展
▶ 若槻菊枝蔵の 「峰村リツ子の裸婦」展
▶ 峰村リツ子展 2019年