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• MORIYA FUMIO, Japanese painter, born in 1938 in Tokyo, is a member of the Action Art Association and a professor at Osaka University of Arts. After training in the United States, he shifted to abstract painting. While absorbing American painting trends, he adopted abstract expressionism using his unique methods. In his thematic series such as "Traces" and "Boundaries," he excellently combines rich colors and diverse forms to represent different periods and concepts, with combinations of squares and triangles becoming intriguing elements.

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