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Botanical Artist Hiroki Sato ( 1925 ~ 1998 )
My father was a botanical artist.
I made this page for the future of my father's work.
1925 Born in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture.
Graduated from Kagawa Prefectural Art College
of Architecture.
1950 Go to Tokyo as the illustrator.
He draws for numerous encyclopedias,
newspapers, magazines, and certified
textbooks.
1970 Joined the founding of the Japan Botanical Arts
Association, which has been held every year in
Tokyo.
1986 He became the chief professor of "Plant Painting
Course", a correspondence course hosted by the
Japan Horticultural Society.
He has taught many botanical arts courses
throughout Japan.
1994 Received the "International Arts and Culture
Award" for contributing to the establishment and
improvement and development of botanical art
from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Culture.
1998 Passed in August.
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