Minoru Araki

Place: Dalian

Born: 1928

Death: 2010

Biography:

Minol Araki or Minoru Araki (荒木 實, 1928 – 2010) was a Japanese painter and industrial designer. Araki was born in Dalian, in Japanese-occupied Kwantung Leased Territory, in 1928. His father owned a restaurant and died when Araki was a teenager. Araki began painting at an early age and at age seven entered the tutelage of an old Chinese painter who his parents were friends with. He studied traditional Chinese painting until moving back to Japan after World War II. He then pursued graphic design and industrial design, and studied under modernist and avant-garde artists in Tokyo. Araki died in 2010.