Known for abstract paintings, collage and a movement, Chicago Imagism, Ray Yoshida was also a teacher for four decades at the Art Institute of Chicago. "Unlike the art world of New York City, where... Read full biography
Known for abstract paintings, collage and a movement, Chicago Imagism, Ray Yoshida was also a teacher for four decades at the Art Institute of Chicago. "Unlike the art world of New York City, where prestige in the second half of the 20th century was accorded mainly to abstraction, conceptualism and... Read full biography
Known for abstract paintings, collage and a movement, Chicago Imagism, Ray Yoshida was also a teacher for four decades at the Art Institute of Chicago. "Unlike the art world of New York City, where prestige in the second half of the 20th century was accorded mainly to abstraction, conceptualism and cool forms of Pop Art, the Chicago art world favored surrealism, fantasy and oddball humor." And Yoshida was one of the leaders of this movement. He was born in Kapaa, Hawaii to Japanese parents, and... Read full biography
Known for abstract paintings, collage and a movement, Chicago Imagism, Ray Yoshida was also a teacher for four decades at the Art Institute of Chicago. "Unlike the art world of New York City, where prestige in the second half of the 20th century was accorded mainly to abstraction, conceptualism and cool forms of Pop Art, the Chicago art world favored surrealism, fantasy and oddball humor." And Yoshida was one of the leaders of this movement. He was born in Kapaa, Hawaii to Japanese parents, and attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa, near Honolulu from 1948 to 1950. He served in the U.S. Army and in 1953, earned a fine arts degree from the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1958, he received an M.A. degree from Syracuse University, and the... Read full biography
Known for abstract paintings, collage and a movement, Chicago Imagism, Ray Yoshida was also a teacher for four decades at the Art Institute of Chicago. "Unlike the art world of New York City, where prestige in the second half of the 20th century was accorded mainly to abstraction, conceptualism and cool forms of Pop Art, the Chicago art world favored surrealism, fantasy and oddball humor." And Yoshida was one of the leaders of this movement. He was born in Kapaa, Hawaii to Japanese parents, and attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa, near Honolulu from 1948 to 1950. He served in the U.S. Army and in 1953, earned a fine arts degree from the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1958, he received an M.A. degree from Syracuse University, and the following year at the Chicago Art Institute, began his teaching career, which lasted until the early 2000... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (13)
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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's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Union League Club of Chicago Art Collection
2003
Richter, Marianne; Wendy Greenhouse (Essays)
308 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Spirited Visions Portraits of Chicago Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Carrol, Patty/James Yood
96 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
American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans
1985
Krantz, Les
347 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
The Chicago Connection West Coast '76 (Exhibition catalog)