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1918 Berkeley, California - 1983 Chicago, Illinois. Known for: Non objective, modernist design painting, lithography.
The following biography is based on a 1978 interview with the artist by Dennis Barrie for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. The interview was held at the Oxbow Summer School of... Read full biography
The following biography is based on a 1978 interview with the artist by Dennis Barrie for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. The interview was held at the Oxbow Summer School of Painting in Saugatuck, Michigan:. Artist Statement: "I am very much a Matisse and Picasso person.... Read full biography
The following biography is based on a 1978 interview with the artist by Dennis Barrie for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. The interview was held at the Oxbow Summer School of Painting in Saugatuck, Michigan:. Artist Statement: "I am very much a Matisse and Picasso person. Some people could never accept that. With me it was a total acceptance in a very short period, within two weeks.". Of Japanese heritage, Miyoko Ito became a Chicago-based watercolor and oil painter and... Read full biography
The following biography is based on a 1978 interview with the artist by Dennis Barrie for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. The interview was held at the Oxbow Summer School of Painting in Saugatuck, Michigan:. Artist Statement: "I am very much a Matisse and Picasso person. Some people could never accept that. With me it was a total acceptance in a very short period, within two weeks.". Of Japanese heritage, Miyoko Ito became a Chicago-based watercolor and oil painter and lithographer in modernist styles. She came from a family where her father had emigrated to Vallejo, California and, thanks to a benefactor, earned a Master's Degree in psychology at Berkeley University. He returned to Japan, married, and brought his... Read full biography
The following biography is based on a 1978 interview with the artist by Dennis Barrie for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. The interview was held at the Oxbow Summer School of Painting in Saugatuck, Michigan:. Artist Statement: "I am very much a Matisse and Picasso person. Some people could never accept that. With me it was a total acceptance in a very short period, within two weeks.". Of Japanese heritage, Miyoko Ito became a Chicago-based watercolor and oil painter and lithographer in modernist styles. She came from a family where her father had emigrated to Vallejo, California and, thanks to a benefactor, earned a Master's Degree in psychology at Berkeley University. He returned to Japan, married, and brought his wife to America in 1914. Miyoko was born four years later in Berkeley. Because the family had trouble finding housing, the mother an... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Art Design
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Words, Text, Calligraphy, Letters
Art Media
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Ink
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Non Objective Subject
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Asia, Orient
- •California Before 1940
- •Japan
Art Teacher
- •Erle Loran
- •John Haley
- •Max Kahn
- •Worth Ryder
Art School
- •Saugatuck (Ox-Bow) School of Painting, Student
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Chicago Union League Club
Added Description
- •In Japanese Internment Camp, USA World War II
- •Mural Specialty
- •Watercolor Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Asian
- •Japanese
Artist Colony
- •Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, Michigan
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts