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  1. The Anxious Art Of Japanese Painter (And 'Enemy Alien') Yasuo Kuniyoshi

    by , 08-22-2015 at 10:59 AM


    Artist Yasuo Kuniyoshi, seen here in his New York studio in 1940, exhibited with Georgia O'Keeffe and Edward Hopper. But his work was quickly forgotten after his death in 1953.

    In 1906, 16-year-old Yasuo Kuniyoshi came to the U.S. alone from Japan. He made his name as a painter and at 40 he was showing his work at the Museum of Modern Art ...