Tadashi Asoma (Born 1923) was born in Japan. At the age of 35, he received a Japanese Government scholarship to study painting in Paris. On completion of his studies in Paris, he visited the U.S. and was fascinated with the American style of painting during that period. He decided to move to New York with his family. He painted and studied in New York for 3 years and then went back to Japan. He stayed here up to 1961 when he returned to New York and eventually settled there with his family. He produced many of his paintings when he was living in the U.S. Initially, the artist lived near in New York in an apartment in a village in the east. During the day he was involved in the Art Student’s League and he also painted and studied, at night he worked in a restaurant to support his family. The 70s were an emotional time for him.
These times put him in contact with nature. Asoma moved outside of the city to the little village of Garrison. The village is about 65 km north of Manhattan, and it is this place that became a preponderate motivation for his work. Asoma has an insatiable curiosity for colors; his current paintings reveal an extraordinarily proficient depiction of the changes of the seasons. Asoma has participated in group and one-man exhibitions throughout the world, including San Francisco, New York, Switzerland, Germany and Tokyo. His work is included in many corporate and public collections.
