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Miki McCrossen Hayakawa BIOGRAPHY
1899 Hokkaido, Japan - 1953 Santa Fe, New Mexico. Known for: Figurative, still life and landscape painting.
Miki Hayakawa was a painter in California and New Mexico of portraits and still lifes and was much influenced by the work of French artist Paul Cezanne. Born in Memuro, Hokkaido, Japan, she was the... Read full biography
Miki Hayakawa was a painter in California and New Mexico of portraits and still lifes and was much influenced by the work of French artist Paul Cezanne. Born in Memuro, Hokkaido, Japan, she was the daughter of a Japanese Consul. In 1908 she arrived with her mother, Chiyo Hayakawa, to the San... Read full biography
Miki Hayakawa was a painter in California and New Mexico of portraits and still lifes and was much influenced by the work of French artist Paul Cezanne. Born in Memuro, Hokkaido, Japan, she was the daughter of a Japanese Consul. In 1908 she arrived with her mother, Chiyo Hayakawa, to the San Francisco Bay area where they joined the father, Man Hayakawa. She defied the wishes and traditions of her father, a pastor, and left home as a teen-ager to become an artist. Earning scholarships, she... Read full biography
Miki Hayakawa was a painter in California and New Mexico of portraits and still lifes and was much influenced by the work of French artist Paul Cezanne. Born in Memuro, Hokkaido, Japan, she was the daughter of a Japanese Consul. In 1908 she arrived with her mother, Chiyo Hayakawa, to the San Francisco Bay area where they joined the father, Man Hayakawa. She defied the wishes and traditions of her father, a pastor, and left home as a teen-ager to become an artist. Earning scholarships, she received her formal art training at the California School of Fine Arts, where she won honorable mentions, and the California College of Arts and Crafts in Berkeley. She lived in the Bay Area---Alameda, San Francisco---until the late 1930s and then moved... Read full biography
Miki Hayakawa was a painter in California and New Mexico of portraits and still lifes and was much influenced by the work of French artist Paul Cezanne. Born in Memuro, Hokkaido, Japan, she was the daughter of a Japanese Consul. In 1908 she arrived with her mother, Chiyo Hayakawa, to the San Francisco Bay area where they joined the father, Man Hayakawa. She defied the wishes and traditions of her father, a pastor, and left home as a teen-ager to become an artist. Earning scholarships, she received her formal art training at the California School of Fine Arts, where she won honorable mentions, and the California College of Arts and Crafts in Berkeley. She lived in the Bay Area---Alameda, San Francisco---until the late 1930s and then moved south to Pacific Grove and Monterey, and in 1942 to Stockton. She became very involved in Cali... Read full biography
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Miki Hayakawa was a painter in California and New Mexico of portraits and still lifes and was much influenced by the work of French artist Paul Cezanne.
Born in Memuro, Hokkaido, Japan, she was the daughter of a Japanese Consul. In 1908 she arrived with her mother, Chiyo Hayakawa, to the San Francisco Bay area where they joined the father, Man Hayakawa. She defied the wishes and traditions of her father, a pastor, and left home as a teen-ager to become an artist. Earning scholarships, she received her formal art training at the California School of Fine Arts, where she won honorable mentions, and the California College of Arts and Crafts in Berkeley.
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