Teiji Takai

Teiji Takai (高井貞二, Takai Teiji, February 5, 1911 – June 26, 1986) was a Japanese painter who first came to prominence as a Surrealist in the 1930s. After WWII, Takai moved to the United States in 1954 and established himself as an Abstract Expressionist painter. Takai later created semi-figurative works with simple motifs such as fish and birds. Takai’s works are held in major museum collections including the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., the Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, the Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana, among other venues.