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Yasuo Kuniyoshi - Tight Rope Performer

Tight Rope Performer (1938)

Yasuo Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1889 – 1953)
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Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Yasuo Kuniyoshi was an eminent 20th-century Japanese-American painter, photographer and printmaker.

Kuniyoshi was born on September 1, 1889, in Okayama, Japan. He immigrated to the United States in 1906 at 17, choosing not to attend military school in Japan. Kuniyoshi originally intended to study English and return to Japan to work as a translator.

He spent some time in Seattle, before enrolling at the Los Angeles School of Art and Design. Kuniyoshi spent three years in Los Angeles, discovering his love for the arts. He then moved to New York City to pursue an art career. Kuniyoshi studied briefly at the National Academy and later at the Independent School of Art in New York City, and then studied under Kenneth Hayes Miller at the Art Students League of New York. He later taught at the Art Students League of New York in New York City and in Woodstock, New York. Nan Lurie was among his students, as was Irene Krugman and Faith Ringgold. Around 1930, the artist built a home and studio on Ohayo Mountain Road in Woodstock. He was an active member of the artistic community there for the rest of his life. One of his pupils from the League, Anne Helioff, would go on to work with him at Woodstock.

In 1935, Kuniyoshi was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship. He was also an Honorary member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and first president of Artists Equity Association, now known as New York Artists Equity Association.

In 1948, Kuniyoshi became the first living artist chosen to have a retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Kuniyoshi also exhibited at the 1952 Venice Biennale.

In Collection: Works Progress Administration (WPA) Art (View all 421)

Woodstock

Woodstock (1936)

Yasuo Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1889 – 1953)
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Riverdale (1935)

George Constant (American, 1892-1978)
Abstraction #202

Abstraction #202 (1940)

Myron Kozman (American, 1916 - 2002)
Nest with Eggs

Nest with Eggs (1935)

George Constant (American, 1892-1978)
Clambake

Clambake (1935–40)

Fred Becker (American, 1913-2004)
Copper Smelters

Copper Smelters (circa 1939)

David Burke (American, 1935–1943)
Bathers, Harlem River

Bathers, Harlem River (1939)

Saul Kovner (American, 1904-1981)
Children Playing

Children Playing (1938)

Mary Frances Gathings (American, 1931–1995)
The South Side Religious Tent, Open Air

The South Side Religious Tent, Open Air (1939)

Fred Hollingsworth (American, 1891 - 1961)
Approaching Storm

Approaching Storm (ca. 1938)

Robert P. Archer (American, 1905 - ?)
Lawrence Arthur Jones

Lawrence Arthur Jones (1939)

Dox Thrash (American, 1893–1965)
Night Scene of Shoreline with Two Wolves

Night Scene of Shoreline with Two Wolves (ca. 1933-1943)

Anonymous
McKee’s Back Yard

McKee’s Back Yard (1938-1941)

Raymond Steth (American, 1917 - 1997)
Night Repairs

Night Repairs (1939)

Louis Lozowick (American, 1892-1973)
Watermelon Truck

Watermelon Truck (1939)

Walter Ellis Ragsdale Jr. (American, 1924–2011)
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