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1923 Los Angeles, California - 2009 Netherlands. Known for: Sculptor-assemblage, drawing.
Shinkichi Tajiri was born in Los Angeles on December 7, 1923 of Japanese parents. During WWII he was in the U.S. Army and was wounded in Italy while his parents spent the duration of the war in an... Read full biography
Shinkichi Tajiri was born in Los Angeles on December 7, 1923 of Japanese parents. During WWII he was in the U.S. Army and was wounded in Italy while his parents spent the duration of the war in an internment camp. After the war he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and continued in Paris with... Read full biography
Shinkichi Tajiri was born in Los Angeles on December 7, 1923 of Japanese parents. During WWII he was in the U.S. Army and was wounded in Italy while his parents spent the duration of the war in an internment camp. After the war he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and continued in Paris with Fernand Leger. In 1951 he went to Germany to teach at Werkkunstschule Wuppertal. Primarily a sculptor, he also was a painter and cinemaphotographer. In 1955 he won a Golden Palm at Cannes for his... Read full biography
Shinkichi Tajiri was born in Los Angeles on December 7, 1923 of Japanese parents. During WWII he was in the U.S. Army and was wounded in Italy while his parents spent the duration of the war in an internment camp. After the war he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and continued in Paris with Fernand Leger. In 1951 he went to Germany to teach at Werkkunstschule Wuppertal. Primarily a sculptor, he also was a painter and cinemaphotographer. In 1955 he won a Golden Palm at Cannes for his short film "The Vipers." In 1956 he moved to the Netherlands and lived there until his death in Baario on December 7, 2009. Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940". Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in
Shinkichi Tajiri was born in Los Angeles on December 7, 1923 of Japanese parents. During WWII he was in the U.S. Army and was wounded in Italy while his parents spent the duration of the war in an internment camp. After the war he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and continued in Paris with Fernand Leger. In 1951 he went to Germany to teach at Werkkunstschule Wuppertal. Primarily a sculptor, he also was a painter and cinemaphotographer. In 1955 he won a Golden Palm at Cannes for his short film "The Vipers." In 1956 he moved to the Netherlands and lived there until his death in Baario on December 7, 2009. Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940". Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.
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Shinkichi Tajiri was born in Los Angeles on December 7, 1923 of Japanese parents. During WWII he was in the U.S. Army and was wounded in Italy while his parents spent the duration of the war in an internment camp. After the war he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and continued in Paris with Fernand Leger.
In 1951 he went to Germany to teach at Werkkunstschule Wuppertal. Primarily a sculptor, he also was a painter and cinemaphotographer. In 1955 he won a Golden Palm at Cannes for his short film "The Vipers." In 1956 he moved to the Netherlands and lived there until his death in Baario on December 7, 2009.
Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.