NAGARE Masayuki

流政之

(1923 – 2018)

Japanese sculptor whose work was first appreciated in America | 1923 born in Nagasaki | 1936 moves to Kyôto | 1941 studies law and literature at “Ritsumeikan University” | 1943 was drafted into the navy and trained as a pilot | after the war, illustrates the book “Abukanzō” by TOTSUKA Ayako (1913-1997) | 1952-53 illustrates the Japanese translation of “Mrs. Stone and Her Roman Spring” by Tennessee Williams | 1955 exhibits at a one-man exhibition | 1962 travels to the USA to design the wall of the Japanese pavilion at the “New York World’s Fair” | 1965-75 works in New York on a sculpture for the plaza of the “World Trade Center” | 1975 returns to Japan after the Vietnam War | 2018 dies