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1922 Ogden, Utah - 1992 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Abstract expressionist painting, graphics, lithography.
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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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Oil Paint
- •Sumi-e-Ink
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Abstraction, Abstract
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Art Teacher
- •Fernand Leger
- •Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Chouinard Art Institute, CalArts, Teacher
- •Otis Art Institute, (Otis College of Art & Design) Teacher
- •Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Albuquerque, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Ford Foundation Grant
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •In Japanese Internment Camp, USA World War II
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Japanese
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Tanager Gallery, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art