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Thursday, 28 May 2015 15:39

The Smithsonian American Art Museum Presents "The Artistic Journey of Yasuo Kuniyoshi"

Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889–1953), "Self-Portrait as a Photographer," 1924. Oil on canvas, 20½ x 30¼ inches. Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889–1953), "Self-Portrait as a Photographer," 1924. Oil on canvas, 20½ x 30¼ inches. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982. © Estate of Yasuo Kuniyoshi/Licensed by VAGA, New York, N.Y.

Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889–1953) came to the United States in 1906 from his native Japan when he was sixteen years old. Encouraged by a high school teacher to study art, he went on to become one of the most esteemed painters in the New York art...

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