Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts
501 East 9th Street
Po Box 2137
Little Rock, AR 72202
Po Box 2137
Little Rock, AR 72202
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Museums page for Ben Kamihira ((1925 - 2004)), known for Nude figure, landscape, still life, and portrait painting, lithographs, teaching. Showing 9 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1925 Yakima, Washington - 2004 Northern Liberties, Pennsylvania. Known for: Nude figure, landscape, still life, and portrait painting, lithographs, teaching.
Following is the obituary of the artist, Submitted to askART by M.D. Silverbrooke, from the Philadelphia Inquirer, February 29, 2004. Ben Kamihira, 78, Painter, Art Teacher. Ben Kamihira, 78,... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist, Submitted to askART by M.D. Silverbrooke, from the Philadelphia Inquirer, February 29, 2004. Ben Kamihira, 78, Painter, Art Teacher. Ben Kamihira, 78, critically acclaimed figurative painter and longtime teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist, Submitted to askART by M.D. Silverbrooke, from the Philadelphia Inquirer, February 29, 2004. Ben Kamihira, 78, Painter, Art Teacher. Ben Kamihira, 78, critically acclaimed figurative painter and longtime teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, died of cancer Wednesday at home in Northern Liberties. Mr. Kamihira's paintings, which hang in major museums throughout the world, reflect poetic fantasy and joyless moods. The son of Japanese... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist, Submitted to askART by M.D. Silverbrooke, from the Philadelphia Inquirer, February 29, 2004. Ben Kamihira, 78, Painter, Art Teacher. Ben Kamihira, 78, critically acclaimed figurative painter and longtime teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, died of cancer Wednesday at home in Northern Liberties. Mr. Kamihira's paintings, which hang in major museums throughout the world, reflect poetic fantasy and joyless moods. The son of Japanese immigrants, Mr. Kamihira was born on a farm in Yakima, Wash. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, his family was sent to a relocation camp and later to eastern Oregon to pick sugar beets. From 1944 to 1946, he served in the Army's Japanese American 442nd... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist, Submitted to askART by M.D. Silverbrooke, from the Philadelphia Inquirer, February 29, 2004. Ben Kamihira, 78, Painter, Art Teacher. Ben Kamihira, 78, critically acclaimed figurative painter and longtime teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, died of cancer Wednesday at home in Northern Liberties. Mr. Kamihira's paintings, which hang in major museums throughout the world, reflect poetic fantasy and joyless moods. The son of Japanese immigrants, Mr. Kamihira was born on a farm in Yakima, Wash. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, his family was sent to a relocation camp and later to eastern Oregon to pick sugar beets. From 1944 to 1946, he served in the Army's Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Italy. While overseas, his wife Elizabeth Hetheringt... Read full biography
Ben Kamihira - Artist Info
About Ben Kamihira: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (9)
All MuseumsButler Institute of American Art
524 Wick Avenue
Youngstown, OH 44502Oklahoma City Museum of Art, OKCMOA
415 Couch Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73102Sara Roby Foundation Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
G St. NW & 8th St. NW
Washington, DC 20004Sheldon Museum of Art
12th &Amp; R Streets
Lincoln, NE 68588-0300The Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014