The artistic journey of Yasuo Kuniyoshi
By: Tom Wolf ; with an introduction by Elizabeth Broun
Contributors: Broun, Elizabeth, writer of introduction; Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953; Smithsonian American Art Museum
Publisher: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9781907804632; 9780937311776
Subjects: Exhibitions
Description: "The Artistic Journey of Yasuo Kuniyoshi is a long-overdue study of this complex artist's career. Born in Japan, Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889-1953) arrived in the United States as a teenager and studied art in New York. Although thoroughly integrated into American life, immigration laws prevented him from becoming an American citizen. The early success he achieved with his distinctive modern figural works developed into a compelling and powerful late style. This new survey, the first full retrospective of his works since the Whitney Show of 1948, features seventy of Kuniyoshi's best paintings and drawings, chosen from leading public and private collections in America and Japan.Tom Wolf is professor of art history, Bard College, New York, and the leading Kuniyoshi scholar. "--
Notes: Published on the occation of the exhibition held April 3-August 30, 2015, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-163) and index.