Minoru Kawabata

Minoru Kawabata
Born	May 22, 1911 (1911-05-22) (age 100) Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese, American
Field	Painter
Movement	Abstract Expressionist, color field

Minoru Kawabata (born May 22, 1911) Japanese artist, whose works comprise Abstract Expressionist, Color field paintings.

Life and work

Kawabata was born in Tokyo in 191. He graduated from Tokyo Academy of Fine Arts in 1934. He studied in Paris and Italy 1937-39. Beginning in 1950 he taught art at the Tam University, Tokyo; he was a professor of art there until 1955. At the New School for Social Research in New York City he taught for three years until 1961. Having spent two years in Japan he returned to New York.^[1] He painted in an Abstract Expressionist style in the 1950s and in a colour field style after the 1960s.^[2]

Collection

• Museum if Modern Art, São Paulo, Brazil
• Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
• Museo Premio Lissone, Milan
• National Museum, Tokyo
• Guide LeNoci, Milan

Exhibitions

• 1977, Dec 20-Dec 31, Group Exhibition, Betty Parsons Gallery. Mino Argento, Calvert Coggeshall, Minoru Kawabata, Richard Tuttle, Ruth Vollmer, Robert Yasuda, Helene Aylon and Cleve Gray (among others).^[3]

Reviews

• Art News, Mar. 1967, Lawrence Campbell
• House & Garden, Feb. 1968 (Painting Reproduced)
• Arts Magazine, Dec. 1968- jan. 1969
• Times Magazine, Jan. 24, 1969
• Art News, Mar. 1969 Lawrence Campbell
• Studio International, Feb. 1970
• Art News, Mar. 1971 Carter Ratcliff
• Arts Magazine, Mar. 1971 (Painting Reproduced)

References

1. ^ Archives of American Art Betty Parsons Gallery Files: Biographies of Gallery Artist, circa 47-83. Minoru Kawabata http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/container/viewer/Biographies-of-Gallery-Artists-J-M--307506
2. ^ Minoru Kawabata (Born 1911)http://www.davidrichardcontemporary.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=614
3. ^ http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/container/viewer/exhibition-announcements-betty-parsons-gallery--307526

External links

• Archives of American Art Betty Parsons Gallery Files: Biography of Minoru Kawabata (Sale Records and Exhibition)
• Kawabata (b Tokyo, 22 May 1911). Japanese painter and teacher.
• Auction Results for Minoru Kawabata Art
• Minoru Kawabata - Artist, Fine Art, Auction Records.
• Minoru Kawabata (b. 1911) Pink One, 1960's Oil on canvas, signed in Roman script M. Kawabata, framed

Persondata
Name	Minoru Kawabata
Alternative names
Short description	Painter
Date of birth	1911-5-22
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
Date of death
Place of death