Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889 - 1953)Japan. Oil on Board. Measure 8 1/2"in H x 13"in W and 9 1/2"in H x 14 1/2"in W with frame. Born in Okayama, Japan on Sept. 1, 1889. Kuniyoshi arrived in the U.S. in 1906 and the following year moved to Los Angeles. He began his art studies there at the School of Art & Design during 1908-10. He continued in NYC in the studio of Kenneth Hayes Miller and at the ASL and NAD. Most of his career was spent in NYC. He died there on May 14, 1953. A modernist, his works were often based upon imagery and symbolic motif. His subjects included sensuous females, somber landscapes, cows, children and other figures.

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