Toshio Aoki (1854 - 1912) Japan.

Watercolor on Paper.

Measure 21 1/2"in H x 13 1/2"in W and 25 1/2"in H x 17 3/4"in W with frame.

Name variants: Tershui Aoki

Toshio Aoki (also sometimes mistakenly called Tershui) (1854, in Yokohama, Japan – 1912, in San Diego, California) was a Japanese American artist and painter who lived and worked in California at the turn of the 20th century. Aoki found significant success among the American upper class and was known for hosting social events. Guests of his are alleged to have included John D. Rockefeller and J. P. Morgan. He was born in Yokohama, Japan in 1854. He emigrated to the United States around 1880. He exhibited at the World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago in 1893, and the Art Institute of Chicago gave him a showing in 1924. After moving to Pasadena, Aoki "worked hard to shed his reputation as an amusing character and storyteller and to be taken seriously as an artist. He began to work on 'Oriental receptions,' creating an atmosphere of a Japanese masquerade ball." He died in San Diego in on June 26, 1912.

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