Galerie Plaisance

/ ARTISTS

/ Katsu HAMANAKA

Katsu Hamanaka was born in 1895 in Japan�but he worked in France. He was a pupil of the professors Matsuda and Yamasaki, of the Imperial school of Tokio.�He also collaborated with Mr Kunü, director of the institute of the fine art of Tokio, and with Mr Sawaguchi. Finally, he was a pupil of Sugawara, a master Japanese lacquer.Afterward, Suga...

Afterward, Sugawara and especially Katsu Hamanaka learnt all the art of the lacquer at Jean Dunand.

During more than 15 years, Katsu Hamanaka exposed in the biggest Parisian artistic manifestations: in the Autumn lounge, in the Decorative arts, in the International Exhibition of 1937 etc. He also collaborated with several big decorators and Parisian architects like Ruhlmann.