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1926 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 2002 Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Known for: Abstract painting, murals, etching, and sculpture.
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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Keywords (32)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Plaster
- •Steel, Stainless Steel
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstraction and Realism; Semi Abstract
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Geometric Abstraction, Linear, Grids, Hard Edge
- •Lyrical Abstraction
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Still Life
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Art Association
- •Canadian Group of Painters
- •Canadian Society of Graphic Art
- •Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour
- •Painters Eleven
Art Teacher
- •Charles Goldhammer
- •Jock (J.W.G.) MacDonald
Art School
- •Central Technical School, Toronto, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •In Japanese Internment Camp, USA World War II
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Gallery of Ontario
- •National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa