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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Santa Cruz Art League Statewide Art Exhibition Index, First through Twenty-Seventh, 1928-1957 (Publications in California Art, No. 12)
2015
Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall
547 pages
Emerging from the Shadows: Volume Two (E-K): A Survey Of Women Artists Working in California, 1860-1960
2015
St. Gaudens, Maurine (Editor)
352 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)