Matsumi Kanemitsu was born in Ogden, Utah on May 28, 1922 of Japanese parents. Kanemitsu was interned during WWII in detention camps. After the war he studied at the Art Students League in New York... Read full biography
Matsumi Kanemitsu was born in Ogden, Utah on May 28, 1922 of Japanese parents. Kanemitsu was interned during WWII in detention camps. After the war he studied at the Art Students League in New York City under Yasuo Kuniyoshi. While there he became closely associated with the Abstract Expressionist... Read full biography
Matsumi Kanemitsu was born in Ogden, Utah on May 28, 1922 of Japanese parents. Kanemitsu was interned during WWII in detention camps. After the war he studied at the Art Students League in New York City under Yasuo Kuniyoshi. While there he became closely associated with the Abstract Expressionist School. By the early 1960s he had settled in Los Angeles and taught at Chouinard and Otis Art Institutes for 18 years. He died of lung cancer at his home in Los Angeles in May 1992. Source: Edan... Read full biography
Matsumi Kanemitsu was born in Ogden, Utah on May 28, 1922 of Japanese parents. Kanemitsu was interned during WWII in detention camps. After the war he studied at the Art Students League in New York City under Yasuo Kuniyoshi. While there he became closely associated with the Abstract Expressionist School. By the early 1960s he had settled in Los Angeles and taught at Chouinard and Otis Art Institutes for 18 years. He died of lung cancer at his home in Los Angeles in May 1992. Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940". NY Times, 5-16-1992 (obit). 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... Read full biography
Matsumi Kanemitsu was born in Ogden, Utah on May 28, 1922 of Japanese parents. Kanemitsu was interned during WWII in detention camps. After the war he studied at the Art Students League in New York City under Yasuo Kuniyoshi. While there he became closely associated with the Abstract Expressionist School. By the early 1960s he had settled in Los Angeles and taught at Chouinard and Otis Art Institutes for 18 years. He died of lung cancer at his home in Los Angeles in May 1992. Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940". NY Times, 5-16-1992 (obit). 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.... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (17)
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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
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Art Students League of New York: A History (Students)
1999
Steiner, Raymond J
187 pages
Views from Asian California: An Illustrated History 1920-1965
1992
Brown, Michael D
71 pages (color)
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection
1985
DuPont, Diana, K Holland
402 pages (color)
The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum
1984
Orr-Cahill, Christina
199 pages (color)
American Lithographers 1900-1960: The Artists and Their Printers
1983
Adams, Clinton
228 pages (color)
Paintings and Sculpture In the Permanent Collection
1983
Bermingham, Peter/Daphne Deeds
273 pages (color)
The California Connection 16 Paintings/Gifford Phillips Collection (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Edgerton, Anne Carnegie
32 pages
Los Angeles Prints 1883-1980 (Exhibition catalog)
1980
Feinblatt, Ebria/Bruce Davis
111 pages
Tenth Street Days The Co-Ops of the 50's (Exhibition catalog)