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1930 Kauai, Hawaii - 2009 Kauai, Hawaii. Known for: Collage-Chicago imagism, geometric, funk cartoons.
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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Keywords (20)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Cartoon Drawing, Cartoon Figures
- •Chicago Imagist (Rebellion Against Norms of Art, Society)
- •Funk Art
- •Geometric Abstraction, Linear, Grids, Hard Edge
Art Subject
- •Humor, Whimsy
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Hawaiian Islands and/or South Seas, Tahiti, Bali
Art School
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Chicago Union League Club
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Cartoon Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Japanese
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Brooklyn Museum of Art