California. 1906 - 1997
Modernist town-landscape, machines and marine painting
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1885 Sendai, Japan - 1975 Berkeley, California. Known for: Portrait, modernist landscape, and still life painting.
Born in the Okayama prefecture of Japan, Chiura Obata was adopted by his uncle, an artist. As a child he was trained in ink painting, and at 14 he was apprenticed to the painter Murata Tanryo in... Read full biography
Born in the Okayama prefecture of Japan, Chiura Obata was adopted by his uncle, an artist. As a child he was trained in ink painting, and at 14 he was apprenticed to the painter Murata Tanryo in Tokyo. He also studied with Kogyo Terasaki and Goho Hasimoto. In 1903, Obata moved to San Francisco and... Read full biography
Born in the Okayama prefecture of Japan, Chiura Obata was adopted by his uncle, an artist. As a child he was trained in ink painting, and at 14 he was apprenticed to the painter Murata Tanryo in Tokyo. He also studied with Kogyo Terasaki and Goho Hasimoto. In 1903, Obata moved to San Francisco and began working as an illustrator for The New World and The Japanese American, two of the city's Japanese newspapers. He also did work as a commercial designer. Obata helped establish the East West Art... Read full biography
Born in the Okayama prefecture of Japan, Chiura Obata was adopted by his uncle, an artist. As a child he was trained in ink painting, and at 14 he was apprenticed to the painter Murata Tanryo in Tokyo. He also studied with Kogyo Terasaki and Goho Hasimoto. In 1903, Obata moved to San Francisco and began working as an illustrator for The New World and The Japanese American, two of the city's Japanese newspapers. He also did work as a commercial designer. Obata helped establish the East West Art Society in San Francisco in 1921, which sought to promote cross-cultural understanding through art. This goal was reflected in his embrace of the Nihonga style, which fused traditional Japanese sumi-e ink painting with the conventions of western... Read full biography
Born in the Okayama prefecture of Japan, Chiura Obata was adopted by his uncle, an artist. As a child he was trained in ink painting, and at 14 he was apprenticed to the painter Murata Tanryo in Tokyo. He also studied with Kogyo Terasaki and Goho Hasimoto. In 1903, Obata moved to San Francisco and began working as an illustrator for The New World and The Japanese American, two of the city's Japanese newspapers. He also did work as a commercial designer. Obata helped establish the East West Art Society in San Francisco in 1921, which sought to promote cross-cultural understanding through art. This goal was reflected in his embrace of the Nihonga style, which fused traditional Japanese sumi-e ink painting with the conventions of western naturalism. He spent much of the 1920s painting landscapes throughout California, and among his... Read full biography
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Monterey Cypress on the Cliffs of Pebble Beach, 1948
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Evening Glow - Bay Bridge
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California, Nevada. 1882 - 1954
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California. 1865 - 1937
Landscape, coastal views
California, New York / France. 1905 - 1999
Modernist urban-coast views and geometric painting
California / Italy. 1858 - 1918
Landscape, still life and genre painting
California / Germany. 1868 - 1945
Coastal view, figure, illustration
California. 1916 - 2001
Abstract landscape, portrait
California / Norway. 1860 - 1935
Landscape, missions and marine painting
California. 1930 - 1992
Funk ceramic pop image ceramics, mixed media
California. 1857 - 1941
Tree and mountain landscape painting
California, Massachusetts. 1923 - 2021
Modernist-leaning landscape painting
California, Rhode Island. 1915 - 1986
Modernist townscape and marine scene painting
California. 1859 - 1944
Wildflower, portrait, landscape and genre painting
California. 1902 - 2000
Modernist painting, symbolism, teaching
California. 1908 - 1997
Abstract-realist still life, landscape and figure painting, illustration
California / Norway. 1856 - 1930 or 1955
Marine, landscape
California, Missouri. 1862 - 1937
Mission scenes and tonalist landscape painting
California. 1889 - 1955
Landscape-missions-marshes
California. 1915 - 1991
Watercolor scene painting, townscape, and harbors, illustration
California, Iowa. 1872 - 1964
Landscape and coastal vistas painting
California, Colorado. 1859 - 1936
Easel painting, railroad promotion commercial art
California. 1891 - 1973
Modernist-leaning landscape-coastal and still life painting
California, Massachusetts. 1846 - 1931
Monterey area, coastal view and figure painting
California, Illinois, Maine. 1852 - 1941
Landscape, Indian life and portrait painting
Ohio, California. 1899 - 1956
Marine, landscape, portrait paintings
California, Illinois. 1871 - 1958
Still life and landscape painting
California. 1879 - 1969
Painting
California / Mexico. 1869 - 1943
Landscape and coastal painting, graphics
California, Minnesota. 1879 - 1938
Historical mural, landscape, genre painting