What is Tomie Ohtake?
{{Infobox artist | name = Tomie Ohtake | image = Tomie Ohtake 2006.jpg | alt = Photograph of Tomie Ohtake holding in her hands the Brazilian Order of Cultural Merit. | caption = Tomie Ohtake in 2006, when she was awarded the Order of Cultural Merit. | native_name = 大竹富江 | native_name_lang = ja | birth_date = November 21, 1913 | birth_place = [[Kyoto]], [[Japan]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|2015|2|12|1913|11|21}} | death_place = [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]] | field = Painting, drawing, printing, sculpture | nationality = Japanese Brazilian | education = Keisuke Sugano | style = [[Geometric abstraction]], [[lyrical abstraction]] | movement = [[Abstract art]] | memorials = Tomie Ohtake Institute}} {{nihongo|'''Tomie Ohtake'''|大竹富江|Ōtake Tomie|November 21, 1913 – February 12, 2015}} was a [[Japan]]ese-born [[Brazilian]] artist.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Martí|first1=Silas|title=Tomie Ohtake, grande dama da arte nacional, morre aos 101 anos em SP|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2015/02/1588480-tomie-ohtake-grande-dama-da-arte-nacional-morre-aos-101-anos-em-sp.shtml|date=12 February 2015|website=Folha de S. Paulo|language=Portuguese|trans-title=Tomie Ohtake, grande dame of national art, dies aged 101 in São Paulo|accessdate=12 February 2015}}</ref> Her work includes paintings, prints and sculptures. She was one of the main representatives of [[Lyrical abstraction|informal abstractionism]] in Brazil. Her son, [[Ruy Ohtake]], was also an architect. Ohtake died in [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]] at the age of 101 from [[heart failure]]. == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * {{commonscat-inline}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ohtake, Tomie}} [[Category:1913 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Japanese artists]] [[Category:Brazilian centenarians]] [[Category:People from São Paulo]] [[Category:People from Kyoto Prefecture]] {{bio-stub}}