Kazuo Nakamura was a painter, etcher, muralist and sculptor who was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. During World War II, he was an interned Japanese Canadian at Tashme camp near Hope,... Read full biography
Kazuo Nakamura was a painter, etcher, muralist and sculptor who was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. During World War II, he was an interned Japanese Canadian at Tashme camp near Hope, B.C. (about 100 miles from Vancouver). After the war he moved to Hamilton, Ontario and then to Toronto... Read full biography
Kazuo Nakamura was a painter, etcher, muralist and sculptor who was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. During World War II, he was an interned Japanese Canadian at Tashme camp near Hope, B.C. (about 100 miles from Vancouver). After the war he moved to Hamilton, Ontario and then to Toronto where he lived until his death. His primary painting mediums were oil, watercolour, graphite, ink, mixed mediums and etching. His sculpture mediums include concrete, plaster and steel. His subjects... Read full biography
Kazuo Nakamura was a painter, etcher, muralist and sculptor who was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. During World War II, he was an interned Japanese Canadian at Tashme camp near Hope, B.C. (about 100 miles from Vancouver). After the war he moved to Hamilton, Ontario and then to Toronto where he lived until his death. His primary painting mediums were oil, watercolour, graphite, ink, mixed mediums and etching. His sculpture mediums include concrete, plaster and steel. His subjects were landscapes, cityscapes, figures,abstracts, and mathematics (number structure). His styles included geometric semi abstract still life and landscapes using lyrical block strokes of paint; and minimalist abstracts, using fine lines, string, linear... Read full biography
Kazuo Nakamura was a painter, etcher, muralist and sculptor who was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. During World War II, he was an interned Japanese Canadian at Tashme camp near Hope, B.C. (about 100 miles from Vancouver). After the war he moved to Hamilton, Ontario and then to Toronto where he lived until his death. His primary painting mediums were oil, watercolour, graphite, ink, mixed mediums and etching. His sculpture mediums include concrete, plaster and steel. His subjects were landscapes, cityscapes, figures,abstracts, and mathematics (number structure). His styles included geometric semi abstract still life and landscapes using lyrical block strokes of paint; and minimalist abstracts, using fine lines, string, linear structures and monochromatic colours. His interest in number structure, and the quest for a universal patter... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (45)
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AGO: Highlights from the Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario
2013
Editor, Art Gallery of Ontario
357 pages (color)
Benezit Dictionary of Artists, English Version and Online (Fourteen Volumes)
2006
Benezit, E
0 pages
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
1953
2003
Holubizky, Ihor and Robert McKaskell
94 pages (color)
Who's Who in American, Art 2001-2002 24th Edition
2002
Bunton, Donald
1,490 pages
The Outer Limits: Works from the permanent collection of the Robert McLaughlin Gallery
2001
Johnston, Melanie
43 pages
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
TRANSlinear (McMaster Museum of Art)
1999
Holubizky, Ihor, David Moos and Joseph R. Wolin
32 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981
1991
Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson
1,557 pages (color)
The Art Gallery of Hamilton: Seventy-Five Years (1914-1989) (Art Gallery of Hamilton)
1989
Fox, Ross and Grace Inglis
122 pages (color)
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
A Concise History of Canadian Painting (Second Edition)
1988
Reid, Dennis
418 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Visions-Contemporary Art in Canada
1983
Bringhurst, Robert (Editor)
239 pages (color)
Contemporary Canadian Art
1983
Burnett, David; Marilyn Schiff
300 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, Fifteenth Edition, 1982
1982
R.R. Bowker Co. (Editors)
1,204 pages
Passionate Spirits: A History of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1880-1980
1980
Sisler, Rebecca
296 pages (color)
20th Century Canadian Drawings
1979
Morris, Jerrold
107 pages
A Canadian Survey: Selected Works from the Collection of Imperial Oil Limited (Art Gallery of Ontario)
1978
Moses, Gerry
52 pages (color)
Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art
1977
Barr, Alfred H
655 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
Through Canadian Eyes: Trends and Influences in Canadian Art, 1815-1965 (Glenbow Museum)
1976
Williamson, Moncrieff
88 pages (color)
The History of Painting in Canada: Toward A Peoples' Art
1974
Lord, Barry
253 pages (color)
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes)
1974
MacDonald, Colin, S.
3,667 pages
Mystic Circle: Burnaby Art Gallery
1973
Lhalungpa, Lobsang Phuntshok and George Woodcock
156 pages (color)
Four Decades: The Canadian Group of Painters and their Contemporaries, 1930-1970
1972
Duval, Paul
192 pages (color)
Art Gallery of Ontario: The Canadian Collection
1970
Bradfield, Helen Pepall
603 pages
Canadian Art Today
1970
Townsend, William
114 pages (color)
Sculpture 67 (National Gallery of Canada) (Exhibition catalog)
1968
Cameron, Dorothy, and Don Wallace
115 pages
On the Enjoyment of Modern Art
1968
Morris, Jerrold
86 pages (color)
Canadian Artists 68 (The National Art Exhibition Committee)
1968
Young, Dennis
79 pages
To Every Thing There is a Season
1967
Beny, Roloff
324 pages (color)
The Ontario Centennial Art Exhibition (Ontario Council for the Arts)
1967
Robertson, Bryan
60 pages
Painting in Canada: A History (Second Edition)
1966
Harper, J Russell
443 pages
Great Canadian Painting: A Century of Art
1966
Kilbourn, Elizabeth; Frank Newfeld
128 pages (color)
Sixth Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Painting, 1965 (National Gallery of Canada) (Exhibition catalog)
1965
Townsend, William
47 pages (color)
Art and Man---The Modern World (Book Three of 3 Volumes)
1964
Brieger, P.H.; George Vickers, F.E. Winter
234 pages (color)
Painting and Sculpture in New Jersey
1964
Gerdts, William H
276 pages
The Development of Canadian Art (The National Gallery of Canada)
1964
Hubbard, R.H.
137 pages (color)
Surrealism in Canadian Painting (London Public Library and Art Museum)
1964
O'Brien, Paddy
10 pages
The Fourth Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Art, 1961 (National Gallery of Canada)
1961
James, Philip et al
28 pages
An Anthology of Canadian Art
1960
Hubbard, R.H.
187 pages (color)
The National Gallery of Canada: Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture, Volume III