SCREEN-M=0.02 　51.5×72.8cm / acrylic on thic board for picture

Lavender Garden 　F8size /38.0×45.5cm/ acrilyc on canvas

MAGIC　FLOWER
F25size 80.3x65.2 cm/acrylic on canvas

JAZZ GARDEN
<RED SONG>
F10 size 53.0X 45.5cm/canvas

JAZZ GARDEN <blue palpitation>

JAZZ GARDEN　<pastel orgel＞

Fire Stone 　　

MOVEMENT-No.8 　

　　　　　　MAGIC FLOWER 1999-B

現　代　ア ー ト の 新 世 界　

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どうか皆様、あまりご無理をなさらず、健康第一で、元気にお過ごしになられますことを心からお祈りいたしております。ありがとうございました。

　03年4月再発したのか、右眼の奥が、やけ火箸でつつかれたような激痛に襲われ手術をした東京の病院に入院。しかし鎮痛剤でも痛みは治まらず、５月に鎌倉の病院に移る。鎮痛剤の副作用で食欲がなくなり、両目を閉じたまま、うつらうつらの状態で、起き上がることもできなくなる。点滴だけで体力は落ち発熱。熱は下がらず6月12日朝8時、両親に看取られながら永眠の途につく。最期にいままで閉じていた両目をパッチリと開け、おだやかないい顔で両親を見つめた。そして静かにまぶたを閉じたのだった。享年34歳であった。
　
　8月、世界に遊泳して行ってほしいと友人、絵の仲間とクルーザーで、逗子マリーナの沖合いに散骨、永久の別れを告げた。青いきれいな海に、みんなの手でたくさんの花束とともに散骨を終えた時、うす曇りの空から30秒ほどパラパラと細かい雨が降る。「みんなありがとう、さようなら」，ススムのうれし涙だったにちがいない。

　多くのよき友人・支援者に恵まれ、多くの作品を描き、目標としたフランスの二大タイトルを20代で4回も獲得、短かったとはいえ、人の倍の速さで駆け抜けた行った、濃密で幸せな人生だったのではないかとも思えます。
「人間、惜しまれて死ぬのが最高の死に方」というが、息子はもっともっと作品を創り続けたかっただろう。今はきっと天界か世界のどこかで描き続けているにちがいない。　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　(父・田中　務、母・田中美穂子）

　02年8月、療養のため本人が湘南に移りたいと言い、それまで杉並区・堀ノ内のアトリエと文京区・本郷(親)別々に住んでいたが、これからは食事などにも相当注意していかなくてはと、鎌倉・稲村ガ崎に一緒に住み、よいと言われることは、できるだけしてあげたつもりだ。
　独立心が強いというか、高3のときから一人で住み，週2,3度は夕食を食べに帰ってきたが、普段は独り者のいいかげんな食生活、夜中の制作活動、夜昼逆転で酒もタバコもガンガン、車が好きで、恋人を誘ってはドライブ、とにかくボーッとするのがきらい、絵も同年代の画家の数倍も描いた努力家の仕事師であったように思う。抽象画は，一見誰にでも描けるように見えるが，絵画の中でも、独創性、感性、そして知性、表現力が特に問われる芸術で、ススムタナカの作品が初期の頃より評価され、ファンもつき、売れたということは若い画家としては、大変なことだったんだなと今にして思う。
　

平成15年3月頃。亡くなる3カ月ほど前。稲村ガ崎の自宅アトリエにて父・田中務撮影

　02年(平成14年）3月、頭痛がひどく、東京の病院で診察、右側頭葉にかなり大きな腫瘍が見つかる。放っておいたら数ヶ月の命という危険な状態だった。

　14時間に及ぶ開頭摘出手術。幸いに後遺症もなく順調に回復、4月末に退院。
　しかし、医師が言うには，右脳の大きな腫瘍は取り除いたが、その周囲にも広がっていて、そこまで取ると植物人間になってしまうので、とどめたとのこと。おそらくまた再発する。余命は１年ぐらい，再手術は無理，本人に告知しますか?　というので、本人がそのことを知ったら、自暴自棄になって自殺しかねないのでやめてほしいと、結局、最後までそのことは本人には伝えなかったが、私ども夫婦は、できるだけのことをして再発を食い止めてあげようと決意する。

最後に、息子を亡くした私ども夫婦、 父・田中　務、母・田中　美穂子が、鎌倉の遺作展に際し、ご案内状に記しました心情です。

　鎌倉物語 <海の上の花畑>(2003年）　S.M. 　　

天使の泉　　　　36×51cm

THE WIND OF FOUR SEASONS [WINTER]
F40size /100.0×80.3cm /acrylic on canvas
He imaged the wind of four seasons and drew this series. [SUMMER] was possessed by company J in Tokyo.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

THE WIND OF FOUR SEASONS [AUTUMN]
F20size /72.8×60.6cm / acrylic on canvas

THE WIND OF FOUR SEASONS [SPRING]　
F60size /　130.3cm×97.0cm /acrylic on canvas

　03年(平成15年)3月、東京／羽根沢ガーデンにて。高校時代(昭和学院秀英高校）の校友、建築家K氏の結婚式に招待されて。
　まだ独身であったが、「僕もこういういいところで結婚式を挙げたいなぁ....」と言っていた。　脳の腫れ止めの薬、副腎皮質ホルモン剤　「リンデロン」を服用していたため、副作用で食欲が増進し、かなり太ってしまった。
　バックの絵は、前の年11月に東京・赤坂のGALERIE　ｙｍA（ギャルリー・イマ，野坂昭之氏の夫人が経営する画廊）で開催した個展に出品したF50号の作品（MUSIC BOX　シリーズ）。赤坂の個展の頃は元気で、鎌倉から赤坂まで横須賀線で毎日通っていた。ギャラリーが閉まると、友人と飲み会、いつも終電で帰るので眠って乗り過ごし、鎌倉の先の逗子からタクシーで帰ることもしばしばだった。
　この３カ月後、6月12日に亡くなる。

やすらぎのメロディー　<1> (フロート額）　
F15号　53.0×65.2ｃｍ　　
　

やすらぎのメロディー　<2> 　（フロート額）　
F15号　53.0×65.2cm

JAZZ GARDEN <Blue Diary> F6size　31.8×40.9cm

天地創造　　絵　36×51cm （フロート額）　　
画面のなかに白っぽいウズラの卵のような物は、海の貝を埋め込んでいます。
かなり明るく輝く華やかでダイナミックな世界が現出しています。　　

FINALLY F60号　97.0×130.3cm　1993年第14回フィナール国際美術展入選作品。　 オイルパステルとアクリル絵具のコラージュ作品。　現状は木枠をはめています。

JAZZ GARDEN <Star Light> F50号　90.9×116.7cm
キャンバスの上に、薄く粘土を塗りつけ、その上にアクリル絵の具とオイルパステルで描いた作品。したがって表面はフラットではなく微妙に波打っている。　かなりの華やかさと迫力がある作品です。粘土が使われているのでかなり重くなります。

鎌倉物語 <星空のメッセージ>
　F3号　22.0×27.3cm 　　)

Fresque ＜壁画―1＞　P12号　60.6×45.5cm
ススム　タナカにしては珍しいクラシカルな一品。油彩とオイルパステル、アクリル絵具のコラージュ。重厚な額装は京都の額匠・山本雅俊氏の制作による。

(1)鎌倉物語 <海の中の音楽会-1> 　　Ｆ６号　 31.8×40.9cm　　　
　

「鎌倉物語」 <春・・・そして秋>　
　絵　51.5×72.8cm〔和紙〕　
東洋的、日本的なフィーリングも感じられます。　　　　　

サロン・ド・メは、パリで開かれる他のサロンとは異なり、公募ではなく招待出品制をとっているため、ヨーロッパ以外の在外作家が招待を受けることはむずかしいとされてきた。しかし、日本のギャルリ・フィナール（東京・目黒）によってサロン・ド・メ組織委員会と協力提携が取り交わされ、１９８１年から日本在住作家への招待出品の窓口が開かれた。
毎年１１〜１２月、サロン・ド・メの組織委員を東京に招いて選考を行い、入選作品(予備選通過)を展示する「フィナール国際美術展」(銀座・松坂屋)の中から優れた作品(５〜６点）が翌年５月、パリのサロン・ド・メ展に招待出品される。

サロン・ド・フィナール展

「5月の展覧会」の意味。第２次大戦中の1943年対独レジスタンス文化運動のひとつとしてパリで結成され、フランス開放後の1945年第１回展を開催した。当時の若い世代，ピ二ヨン,サンジェ,マネシエ，バゼーヌらが自由な美術の新風をめざして友好的に集まったもので、特定の主義主張によって結成されたものではなく、さまざまな傾向、作風、手法の異なる作品を展示してきた。
サロン・ド・メは,大家のマティス、ルオー、ロート、ヴィヨンらも出品しているが、フランス人だけの団体ではない。ピカソ、ミロから日本人では棟方志功、岡本太郎、三岸節子・・・のように今世紀初期のエコールドパリ以来、世界に向かって現代美術のメッセージを送り続けたのはパリ画壇だが、サロン・ド・メはその中にあって、発展的な役割を果たそうとして必然的に国際化していった。

サロン・ド・メについて
(SALON DE MAI)

26歳の頃。東京・杉並のアトリエにて。

日本語で「秋の展覧会」の意味。1903年、ル・サロン展の保守性　に反抗し.、マチスやルオーらによって創立され、前衛を追求するフォ−ビスムやキュビスム誕生の拠点となった。　
100年の伝統を持ち、誕生以来、世界の美術コンクールに多大な影響を与えた。いまでもパリが「芸術の都」と言われるのも、サロン・ドートンヌ展あってのことだといわれている。
フランス画壇をリードし、世界に通用する画家への登竜門であるドートンヌ展の出品者にはピカソ、ミロ、セザンヌ、ルノワール、モジリアニ、ブラック、ユトリロ、ブラマンク、アイズピリらが活躍、また日本の作家では藤田嗣治、佐伯裕三、　ヒロ・ヤマガタなども輩出、現在、世界各地の有名美術館で見られる数々の作品を生み出している。

サロン・ドートンヌについて　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　(SALON D'AUTOMNE)

９２年・東洋美術学校造形デザイン科4年課程卒。
＜全国・海外公募展＞入賞５回、入選２５回。サロン・ド・フィナール会員。
９４年、９７年　サロン・ドートンヌ展（パリ／SALON　D'AUTOMNE）入選・出品（２回入選）。

９８年（第５２回）、９９年（第５３回）サロン・ド・メ展（パリ／ＳＡＬＯＮ　ＤＥ　ＭＡＩ）招待出品（２回出品）。　　　　　　
フィナール国際美術展（サロン・ド・メ招待作品選考展）連続１４回入選。
ART BOX大賞展連続４回入選。　
個展５回（国内４、パリ１）。グループ展２回（パリ、二ューヨーク）。全体展１５回。　　　　
９６年Perfec TV　「ススム　タナカの現代アート」に出演（３０回放映）
９８〜９９年　ＴＢＳ「はなまるマーケット」スタジオ美術に採用。
ほか美術関係図書、雑誌などに掲載多数。

０２年３月　東京にて脳腫瘍摘出手術。
０２年１０月　東京・赤坂 GALERIE ymA（ギャルリー・ イマ/作家・野坂昭之氏夫人野坂陽子氏のギャラリー）にて個展。　　　　　　　　　
０３年６月　脳腫瘍の再発により鎌倉にて死去。享年３４歳。
０４年６月　一周忌を迎え両親により遺作展開催。（鎌倉小町通り、ギャラリー・ユー）
０５年3月ー０６年6月　東京・西麻布　GALLERY Radical Radishにて（世界的絵本作家・五味太郎氏夫人・五味由美氏がオーナー）五味夫人のご好意で長期の遺作展を開催。
サロン・ド・フィナール代表・大村マリ氏のご好意によりススム　タナカへの追悼文集
　「Camarade brillant1qui part pour toujours a' 34 ans」　<34歳で旅立った素晴らしき友へ>
が企画され、フィナールの絵の仲間の皆さんがススム　タナカへのオマージュを記して下さり　発行された。

本名・田中　進（１９６８−２００３）
1968年（昭和43年）11月28日生まれ。
Ｏ型・射手座。.

ススム　タナカ　　　　　　　　　　　　　（Susumu Tanaka）

　JAZZ GARDEN (S50号・116x116cm)
１９９７年/パリ/サロン・ドートンヌ展
　　入選・出品（第２回目の入選）

　　　　　　
(1968-2003)　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

2003年3月撮影。亡くなる３カ月前。鎌倉の個展に向けて　　｢鎌倉物語｣シリーズ20数点の作品を描いていた。

ススム タナカ

私は、ススム タナカの父親です。
このページをご覧くださり、ありがとうございます。
亡き息子も宇宙のどこかから、あなたに感謝し、喜んで見ていると思います。
「 僕の現代アートをできるだけ多くの人に楽しんでもらいたい」息子が生前いつも言っていた言葉です。
　フランスの美術界からも「色彩の魔術師」と評価された才能ある画家でしたが、惜しくも３４歳という若さでこの世に別れを告げたのでした。　
　ススム タナカの 遺作の一部を皆様にご紹介します。
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

遺作展

Departure of 34 years old

Susumu Tanaka's
posthumous works exhibition

Susumu Tanaka

The new world of a contemporary art

I am a father of Susumu Tanaka.
Thank you for your visit to this page.
I think that my dead son also appreciates you, delighting from somwhere
in the universe.
Before his death, my son often told us as follows:
"I was as many people in the world as possible to be shown and enjoy my art."
Although he was a talented painter admired as "a magician of colors" also
by the artcircles in France, regrettably he had to die so young of 34 years old.
I introduce a part of Susumu Tanaka's posthumous works to you.

It was photographed in March, 2003.
Three months before his death, he was drawing about twenty or more works of the "Kamakura story"series for an exhibition of his pictures in Kamakura.

Susumu Tanaka won the two titles in France which was his target
no less than 4 times by his twenties, but five years ago, in 2003,
since the brain tumor recurred, Susumu Tanaka went to Heaven
so young when he was 34 years of age.

Mr.Gerard KOCH, "SALON DE MAI" organization Committee member
came to the Four Artists Exhibition in Paris to meet Susumu Tanaka
for encouraging him and congratulations on his exhibit.
SALON DE MAI is representative group avant-garde artists in France
and ranks with "SALON D'AUTOMNE".
<left-Susumu Tanaka, in Paris, December 1995, he was 27 years old>

JAZZ GARDEN (S50size)116×116cm /canvas
1997:Accepted to "1997 SALON D'AUTOMNE"(PARIS)

Susumu Tanaka was invited to home of Mr. MICHEL-HENRY (Vice chairperson of SALON D'AUTOMNE/at that time) and he took advice about his art work and had warm encouragement.
(left-Susumu Tanaka, in PARIS, October, 1994, he aws 25 years old.)

JAZZ GARDEN (F40size) 80×100cm /canvas
1994: Accepted to "1994 SALON D'AUTOMNE"(PARIS)
-Company R of Tokyo possesses this art work -

JAZZ GARDEN (F40号・80×100cm)/1994年/パリ/サロン・ドートンヌ展
入選・出品（第1回目の入選）　25歳/（東京・R 社所蔵）

Susumu Tanaka at Monmartre,PARIS,
December 1995.

In his atelier of Suginami, Tokyo
(1994, 24 years old)

CAT'S SUNDAY (MY HOME TOWN) S40size 100×100cm/canvas
1998 : Invited to "Le 52(52times) SALON DE MAI EXHIBITION"(PARIS)

This art work lays clay on a piece of cloth of canvas, and it is stuck the various form of the form of cookie which prepared into the top in clay and a chip of wood.
This work became the topic product that originality and was estimated as highly fun.

TOY'S BOX (F40size) 100×80cm /canvas
1999: Invited to "Le 53 (53times)
SALON DE MAI EXHIBITION" (PARIS)
(29 years old)

PERSONAL RECORD OF
Susumu Tanaka

Date of birth : Novembe 28, in Tokyo
Date of death : June 12, 2003, in Kamakura, Japan
<He died of the disease of the brain tumor, it was 34 years old.
Education : TOYO ART SCHOOL Formative (Plastic) Design Department 4 year course
graduated, March, 1992

EXPERIENCE :
1994 : Accepted to "1994 SALON D'AUTOMNE" (PARIS)
1994 : Exhibited to NEW YORK Group Exhibition (SOHO CAST IRON GALLERY)
1996 : Won Nominational Committee Prize at FINE ART INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION
(SALON DE MAI Invitational Works Nominations Exhibition)
1992 - 1998 : Accepted, for 7 consecutive years, to the above EXHIBITION
1997 : Accepted to "1997 SALON D'AUTOMNE" (PARIS)
1998 : Invited to "Le 52e(52times) SALON DE MAI EXHIBITION" (PARIS)
1999 : Invited to "Le 53e(53times) SALON DE MAI EXHIBITION" (PARIS)

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History of previous study abroad : France and Italy for 5times
Additional remarks
1. Appeared on "Heart Art World" program broadcast by Perfec TV!
2. My works used as studio art of "HANAMARU MARKET"program in the morning
wideshow, by T.B.S (national TV station-#6.ch.)
3. Recognized as an "Honorble Artist" by Cuore arte di ROMA GRWGORIANA in 1997
4. My works accepted to "ART BOX BIG PRIZE EXHIBITION" for 6 consecutive times
5. 18times accepted and 5times won prizes in national world public Contents
6. Solo Exhibition : 7times in Japan, 1times in PARIS.

JAZZ GARDEN
<BLUE SONG>
F10size 53.0 X45.5cm/canvas

SALON D'AUTOMNE <An Exhibition in Autumn>

It means "an exhibition in autumn". It was established by Matisse, Rounault
and others in 1903, resisting the coservativeness of the Le Salon exhibition.
And it became a base of birth of the fauvism or cubism which pursues an avan-garde.
With 100 years' tradition, it had great influence on the fine-arts contests in the world since its birth. It is said that thanks to SALON D'AUTOMNE exhibition, Paris is called "capital of art" up tonow.
The exhibitiors who led the painting circles of France in the D'Automne exhibition which is a gateway to the painter accepted in the world are Picasso, Miro, Cezanne, Renoir, Modigliani, Braque, Utrillo, Vlaminck, Aizpiri and others. The Japanese painters who appeared in great numbers here are Tsuguharu Fujita, Yuzo Saeki, Hilo Yamagata, etc. Now, many works seen in the famous art museums of every corner of the earth are produced from here.

SDREEN-M=0.02 /51.5x 72.8cm/cardboard for pictures

SALON DE MAI <An Exhibition in May>

It means "an exhibition in May". It was formed as one of the resistance
culture movements against Germany in Paris in 1943 in the Second World
War. The first exhibition was held in 1945 after France was liberated.
Although a young generation of those days such as Pignion, Singer, Manesh,
Bazaine and others gathered friendly, aiming at the new trend of free fine
arts, it was not formed by a specific principle or a specific opinion. There, the
works which have various tendencies and different styles and techniques were
exhibited.
Although great masters such as Matisse, Rouault, Lautre, Villon and others
are also exhibited, SALON DE MAI is not a French organization. From Picasso
or Miro to Japanese painter such as Shiko Munakata, Taro Okamoto, and
Setsuko Migishi, the painting circles of Paris have continued sending the
message of contemporary art toward the world since Ecole de Paris in the
early stages of this century. However, in it,, SALON DE MAI was inevitably
intenationalized, in order to play an expansive role.

<The flower of the wind>

These two works, KAZA-HANA series works liken the wind that Susumu Tanaka
flows throught to flowers, and it is the work which it imaged.
This is the work which he pictured while postponing it with fingers while dissolving
oil pastels by the heat of the dryer other than acrylic paints to show the feeling
that wind spreads in.
Therefore it is the work which it poured passion into so that the fingerprint of his
finger has disappeared.
I make selling in two works of pairs.

Kamakura Story <Concert in the Sea>
F6size 31.8×40.9cm/acrylic on canvas

Kamakura Story <The message of the starlit sky>
F3size 22.0×27.3cm / acrylic on canvas

"Kamakura Story"is the last series work (20 works) which he drew three months ago when Susumu Tanaka dies in march, 2003.
His solo exhibition was going to hold it in a gallery of Kamakura city in June. He painted Kamakura Story in the solo exhibition to exhibit it. However with the solo exhibition that he looked forward to close at hand, he was not able to achieve the holding.
In next year , June, 2004, Susumu Tanaka Solo Exhibition was held for one round mourning, his memorial service by his parents to realize his will of the deceased.
It called a big reaction, and this posthumous work exhibition was taken up much in mass communication.
He did not pass for one year since he move to Kamakura from Tokyo either, but he loves sea and nature of Shonan, and it is it in work group influenced by them, and a style of painting different from a conventional style is felt.

The work of Susumu Tanaka called "The magician of the color"is bright, and it is said that a heart becomes calm.
He lets mismatch color to harmonize the combination of the color wonderfully.
It is said his work is a picture tasted deepens so that time passes and wear well .
The impression of the people who appreciated works of Susumu Tanaka by a posthumous work exhibition of Kamakura city...........

"My heart was washed away neatly without any regret and I was given spirit by clean colors."

"I have you show the world of wonderful art and thank you and I was impressed by the usage of beatiful colors of your works"

"Mr.Tanaka !! Please continue drawing splendid pictures in heaven"

Fresque <fresco-1> P12size 60.6×45.5cm　with this frame
Classical one, work of art that is rare for Susumu Tanaka.
This is a collage work which was drawn in oil painting and oil pastels
and acrylic paints.
The solid and tasteful frame is made by frame-expert Mr.Masatoshi Yamamoto in Kyoto.

JAZZ GARDEN <Star Light> F50size 90.9×116.7cm
He coated clay on a canvas thinly, and this work was drawn on the top with acrylic paints and oil pastels.This work becomes considerably heavy so that clay was used.

FINALLY　F60size　97.0×130.3cm This work was accepted to "1993, 19times
LA FINE ARTS PRESENTE SON EXPOSISION <DES ARTITES JAPONAIS>"
acrylic paints and oil pastels on canvas, unframed.

Kamakura Story <The way of the sea and cloud.>
F6size 31.8×41.0cm /canvas

Kamakura Story
<It's spring, autumn comes over before long.>
51.5×72.8cm /acrylic on old Japanese paper
This work lets you feel Oriental and Japanese feeling.

the Crreation 36×51cm acrylic on board /The picture in the frame is rising.
The thing such as the white eggs of a quail was buried in the shellfish of the sea.

JAZZ GARDEN <LOVE LETTER FOR YOYU>
F8size 45.5×38.0cm /acrylic on canvas /with this frame

濫觴 (らんしょう) /F80号/145×112cm/キャンパスの上には，所々に和紙が貼られ
ています。「濫觴」とは、物事の始まり。起源。大河も水源にさかのぼれば觴(さかずき)
からあふれ出たくらいのわずかな水量であるという<荀子>の言葉から。

It is a photograph with "Ms. Tanaka" who is the dearest partner. (She was
always called as"Tar-Chan"). When Susumu Tanaka was 25-26 years old, in his Suginami's atelier, he was drawing a picture. Then, a stray cat (female) jumped
into his room from the veranda of the second floor. She was a cat who well understands Susumu's works. So, when her favorite work has completed, she was delighted at it, rubbing her face against the angle of canvas repeatedly. And, when a guest visited the atelier, she nestled up to the guest, wagging her tail, and carried out sales promotion activities as if she says, "please buy it, because it is a very good picture." So, she was such a beautiful and intelligent cat. However, unfortunately, four months before Susumu's death after the moving to Kamakura,
she became in the extreme anemia state, and had died by the illness which the virus eats red corpuscles.
Susumu and his father visited Tar-Chan who is in a nearby animal hospital in the evening just before she dies. However, her condition was quite bad and gazing at one point by her hollow eye. When Susumu called her "Tar-Chan," she answered, straining her voice, "thank you very much for a long time."
When walking toward the Shichirigahama beach in February of twilight, the sky of the Sagami Bay was wholly covered with colorful evening glow which had not been seen ever. In a few hours, a veterinarian called and said that she is in a critical condition. By the side of Tar-Chan's dead body which was returned to his house, broken-hearted Susumu slept with her, grasping her leg tightly all night long.
It was quite shocking to Susumu. Tar-Chan foreknew the death of Susumu, and since she thought that she will not able to bear the sadness left alone, she must have died first.
Furthermore, there was a strange thing. When cremating Tar-Chan's body at the Yokohama cemetery, Susumu said, "Tar-Chan" we will meet under a red tower. "What was a red tower?" In August, in the offing of the Zushi marina, when we dispersed Susumu's ashes from a cruiser, we found that the roof of the resort condominium of the marina is a red tiled roof in the Spain style. At this time, we understood that "the red tower" which Susumu said means this place. Did Susumu already have kown that this remaining days are not long?
A month later, Susumu's right brain swelled by the recurred edema, and became afficted by headache. Since he took the steroid which is the medicine to stop a swellnng, his swelling and headache were controlled. However, instead of it, he had a sharp pain which feels as if the tongs which were baked red-hot was applied in the inner part of his right eye. It is because the affecting to the trigeminal nerve has recurred. Although he was hospitalized in Tokyo and Kamakura in order to contorol the pain, his physical strength significantly fell by the side effects of the painkiller.　For this reason, he became impossible to get up or to speak, and finally died.　　　　　　

In the Hanezawa Garden, Tokyo in March, 2003.This is a photograph when he was invited to the marriage ceremony of Mr.K of the builder who is his schoolmate of his high school days.
Although Susumu Tanaka was still single, he had said, "I also want to hold a wedding ceremony in such a great facilities." He had taken the cortex hormone agent to control the swelling, because the remained tumor after the surgery has already recurred　　　　recently and a brain has become swollen.　Therefore, by the side effects, he had a good appetite, and was considerably fat.
The picture of the background is a work the size of 116×91cm (MUSIC BOX SERIES) which was shown in the private exhibition held in November (seven months after the operation), 2002 (last year) at the GALLERIE ymA (the art gallery which the wife of a writer, Mr.Akiyuki Nosaka, manages) in Akasaka, Tokyo.
When he opened the private exhibition in Akasaka, he had commuted from Kamakura-shi (Kanagawa prefecture) to Akasaka (Tokyo) by Yokosuka Line vigorously every day. When the gallery was closed,he held a small party, drank alcohol with his friends, and enjoyed himself. He had usually returned to his house in about 1 hour using the last train of the day. However, since he was getting dead drunk and slept in the train, he could not get off at the Kamakura station. So, sometimes he might go to terminal Zushi. After all, he used to often go home by taxi from there. After the completion of this private exhibition in Tokyo, he finished drawing 30 works of "Kamakura Story Series" as his posthumous work, and died on June 12. Just three months later, afterthis photograph was taken, it happened.

Finally, this is the feelings which we rote to a letter of invitation that we the husband and wife (father: Tsutomu Tanaka, mother: Mihoko Tanaka) lost our son, and sent at the time of his-posthumous-work exhibition in Kamakura.

In March, 2002, he was attacked by intense headache, and had received an examination in the hospital in Tokyo. And a quite big tumor 6cm in diameter was found in his right temporal lobe. The diagnosis was that his life expectancy is in the dangerous state of being only several months, if he dosen't have an operation.

For 14 hours, the extraction operation of the tumor which cuts his head was conducted. As a result, fortunately, there was no aftereffect, and he recovered favorably and left hospital in April.
But the doctor said: "Although I removed the big tumor in his right brain, the tumor has spread around, attaching thinly. If it is also extracted, he may become persistent vegetative state. So, I did not conduct the operation. Probably, his disease will recur. I think that his life expectancy will be only one year.A re-operation is impossible. Should I notify him about that?" replied to him: "If he knew about it, he becomes desperate and may commit suicide. So, please don't tell him about it. "After all, I did not tell him about that to the last. However, we the husband and wife had decided that we would do our best for him in order to stop its recurrence.

In August, 2002, he said that he wanted to move to Shonan for his medical treatment. Till then, he lived in his atelier in Tokyo (Horinouchi, Suginami-ku). And we the parents divided and lived in our house (Hongo, Bunkyo-ku). However, We had to pay attention to him more about meal etc. Then, we planned to live in Kamakura (Inamuragasaki) together, and to take care of him as much as possible.
His independent spirit was strong. He lived alone from twelfth grade independently.And at least, he came back to our house, in order to take supper 3 times per week. However, he was doing irregular single life usually: A capricious meal, the work activities of midnight, and the life which goes to sleep in the daytime and gets up at night. He was cpmpletely a habitual drinker and smoker. He was a car mania, so used to drive with his sweetheart. He was active and was a person which cannot keep still. He drew as many pictures as several times of the painters of his age. So, I think that he was a coplete hardworking person. An abstract painting seems to be able to draw to anyone apparently, but it is the art which especially needs originality, sensitivity, intellect, and power of expression among pictures. Therefore, I think anew now that it was really great things for one young painter that the works of Susumu Tanaka had been appreciated from the first stage, he had many fans, and his works had sold well.

In April, 2003, since the sharp pain, which is like sticking the inner part of his right eye by red-hot tongs, recurred, he was hospitalized inTokyo.
Hoeever, the pain was not reduced even if it used the painkiller, he lost his appetite. He closed his both eyes, and the state of dozing had continued. And at last, he had become impossible to get up. Since he only received intravenous drip, he lost physical strength and become feverish. After all, fever did not go down. And he died at 8:00a.m., June 12, under his parents' presence. Finally, he opened both his eyesclosed untill now, and gazed at his parents quietly in his good face. And he closed his eyelid caimly, aged 34.

His ashes were sprinkled offshore of the Zushi Marina in August, and said good-bye to him so that he could swim to the world.
After many bouquets were thrown by everybody's hands into the beautiful blue sea during the dispersal of ashes, the light rain got down for about 30 seconds from the lavender color sky in which any rain cloud not exist. It was a really wonderful spectacle. "Thank you very much, everybody, and goodbye, "it should be Susumu's gift with tears of joy.

He was blessed with many good friends and supporters, drew many works, and won the two major titles in France which was his target no less than 4 times by his twenties. Although it was too short, he ran through his life with speed twice as much as others. We thik that his life was dense and fortunate.
It is said "The best death to a human is to die to be regretted by somebody. "However, I thnk that probably my son hoped to continue to make his works more. I think that he are surely somewhere in Heaven or worlds, and are surely continuing drawing his pictures even now.
　　　　　　　　(Father: Tsutomu Tanaka, Mother: Mihoko Tanaka)

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Fountain of Angel　　 36×51cm /acrylic on thic board for picture

Biginning　( Ransyouーin Japanese)　　F80size / 145×112 cm /acrylic on canvas
In this pcture Japanese papers are put here and there.
Ransyou is word to mean the opening of things or origin (from words of Junshi ・・the thinker of the Chinese age of civil strife, from B.C.298 to B.C.238.) If the big river sails up the source, it is slight quantity of water so as to have overflowed from a small cup.

The Melody of Ease　<1> / acrylic on canvas
F15size/53.0×65.2cm　/　with this frame　

The Melody of Ease <2>/ acrylic on canvas
F15 size /53.0×65.2cm　/ with this frame

Kamakura in March, 2003. Tsutomu
Tanaka of Susumu's father photographed this photograph at his atelier three months before he died.

Althoug the flesh of Susumu Tanaka died, the soul of Susumu Tanaka's art is still alive.
If the people can love the art which filled with the heart of Susumu Tanaka,
we his parents will be happy, so, probably, he will be happy too.

We moved to Nagoya from Kamakura in November, 2006, and Nagoya is
birthplace hometown of Mihoko ( Susumu's mother ) and Susumu Tanaka
was often arrival, the city that he liked.

I'm sorry to trouble you, but please contact me by E-MAIL or FAX,
if you have any inquiry or question.
I wish your health from the bottom of my heart.

Susumu Art 　Tsutomu Tanaka
　　

1-14-2-508, Taihou, Atsuta-ku, Nagoya-City, Aichi, JAPAN 456-0062
FAX ０５２−６８３−９０２８

The art of Susumu Tanaka creates unprecedented
wonderful space.

Kamakura Story<Flower garden on the sea>(2003)
22.7×15.8cm / acrylic on canvas

MAGIC CANDY-�T　/ The 17th Fine Art International Exhibition, Salon de Mai Japan selection comittee Prize Winner. (1996),/ 89.4×130.3cm /.acrylic and oilpastel and shellmaterial on canvas.

JAZZ GARDEN <My Sweet Love> 　
15.8×22.7cm /acrylic on canvas

YELLOW/ 45×80cm / acrylic on canvas

KAZA-HANA (Flower of the wind) /
F30 size /91×72cm /acrylic on canvas

JAZZ GARDEN <ENDLESS DREAM.>
S30 size /91×91cm ./ acrylic on canvas

Whispering Flowers / 51×36cm / acrylic on thick board for picture
The thin splinter of stone of the lozenge is stuck on this picture.

MUSIC FACTORY

F10size/ 53.0×45.5cm
acrylic on canvas

Music rythmic sense is
drifting in the work of Susumu Tanaka which was carrying out creative activity while often listening to music.

ROOT SPACE
51×36cm / acrylic on thick board for picture

STAY WITH ME
51×36cm / acrylic on thick board for picture

An exchange diary of space and you
100×72cm / acrylic on wood board which was stuck a
Japanese paper. Four sides of crates are fitted in the
circumference of this picture.

I thank for your having come to my museum.
In addition, I look forword to that you visit light-heartedly sometime.
　　　From the distance of the space　　Susumu Tanaka　　　　　

One of 60 works which Susumu Tanaka
drew on the sketchbook as LOVE SERIES
after operation (2002) /16×22cm /color
pen on drawingpaper

サロン・ドートンヌ副会長(当時)・ミッシェル・アンリ氏の自宅に招待され、
芸術活動についてアドバイスと激励をいただいた<(94・10月) 25歳。パリ