I just love Prof Klein and my California history class. Today he told us about a Japanese/Japanese American painter, b. pre-1900, d. 1975, named Chiura Obata. Obata was trying to reconcile his traditional Japanese art training with modern European influences, so his style is a really stunning combination of both. There’s a selection of images here, but if you just really can’t be bothered to look at all of them, this is one of my favorites, and here’s a really crazy one.
[This post was imported on 4/10/14 from my old blog at satsumabug.livejournal.com.]
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[…] Art of Chiura Obata Incredible work by Japanese American artist Chiura Obata (1885-1975). Obata was born in Japan and was trained in classical Japanese watercolor techniques. He moved to California in 1903 and began visiting and painting Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada; his paintings show both Japanese and Western influences. In 1932 he became an art instructor at UC Berkeley (go bears!). In 1942 Obata and his wife were interned in Utah; he continued his work there by organizing an art school. After 1945 he returned to teaching at Berkeley. [I've mentioned him before.] […]