Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1 September 1893 - 14 May 1953) was an American painter, photographer and printmaker born in Okayama, Japan. He migrated to America in 1906, a year later began studying at the Los Angeles School of Art and Design. In 1935 he was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship. He was known for his still-life paintings of common objects, female circus performers and nudes. He died in New York City.

References

* [http://metropolis.japantoday.com/tokyo/525/art.asp Conti, Andrew. "Yasuo Kuniyoshi: Between Two Worlds". In "Metropolis"; Japan Today] , cited 2 June 2006.
* [http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=Kuniyoshi&role=&nation=&prev_page=1&subjectid=500023210 Union List of Artist Names, s.v. "Kuniyoshi, Yasuo"] , cited 2 June 2006.
* [http://www.woodstockart.org/artists/kuniyoshi/perm_coll.htm Woodstock Artists Association; Permanent collection; Yasuo Kuniyoshi] , cited 2 June 2006.

External links

* [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collectionsonline/kuniyasu/ Yasuo Kuniyoshi papers online at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art]


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