Hiroshi Hattori (b. 1932) is a Japanese painter who graduated from the Bunka Gakuin in Tokyo in 1953, joined the Modern Art Association in 1956 and studied at the Art Students League of New York in 1963. In 1969 he received the Larry Aldrich Award, and his works are in the Addison Gallery of American Art. “Super Structure #5” (1969), oil on shaped canvas, reflects his exploration of geometric form beyond the rectangular format.
Hiroshi Hattori (服部宏, b. 1932, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese painter. He graduated from the Bunka Gakuin (文化学院) in Tokyo in 1953. That same year he won a B Prize at the exhibition of the Modern Art Association, and in 1954 he received the Shinchōsha award at the association’s exhibition. In 1956 he became a member of the Modern Art Association, and his work was documented in the catalogue “Modern Art 1957”. In 1958 he held his first solo exhibition at the Yōseidō Gallery in Ginza, Tokyo, followed by further solo shows there in 1959, 1960 and 1961. In 1963 he studied at the Art Students League of New York. In 1964, 1965, 1966 and 1969 he took part in the New England Exhibition at the Silvermine Guild in New Canaan, Connecticut. In 1969 he received the Larry Aldrich Award. By that time his works were already held in the collections of the Addison Gallery of American Art and the Roland Gibson Art Foundation. The painting “Super Structure #5” (1969), oil on shaped canvas measuring 186 × 107 cm, offered by TUMO Gallery, dates from the same year and reflects his exploration of geometric form beyond the traditional rectangular picture format.
