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Isami Doi

Isami Doi (1903 - 1965) was active/lived in Hawaii, California.  Isami Doi is known for Figure-genre, abstraction, graphics.

Born at Ewa, on the island of Oahu in the Hawaiian islands, Isami Doi moved with his family to the island of Kauai, and thereafter he considered Kalaheo, Kauai his home. Best known for his printmaking and his painting, Doi is considered by many to be one of the most significant Hawaiian artists of his time, and was one of the earliest island-born artists of the twentieth century to achieve an international reputation.

Doi studied for two years at the University of Hawaii, went on to Columbia University for five years, and then continued his studies for a year in Paris. Aside from a brief visit back to Hawaii in 1934, Doi stayed in New York until 1938. He was a regular exhibitor at the Downtown Gallery in New York, first exhibiting there in 1929. He also had solo shows in Honolulu and San Francisco.

When he returned to the islands, Doi taught printmaking, drawing, and metal work, as well as designing jewelry for the S. and S. Gumps store, a San Francisco firm which had op   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5694 characters.]  Artist bio

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