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Kazuo Nakamura

Kazuo Nakamura (1926 - 2002) was active/lived in British Columbia, Ontario / Canada.  Kazuo Nakamura is known for Abstract painting, murals, etching, and sculpture.

Kazuo Nakamura was a painter, etcher, muralist and sculptor who was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  During World War II, he was an interned Japanese Canadian at Tashme camp near Hope, B.C. (about 100 miles from Vancouver).  After the war he moved to Hamilton, Ontario and then to Toronto where he lived until his death.
 
His primary painting mediums were oil, watercolour, graphite, ink, mixed mediums and etching.  His sculpture mediums include concrete, plaster and steel.  His subjects were landscapes, cityscapes, figures,abstracts, and mathematics (number structure).  His styles included geometric semi abstract still life and landscapes using lyrical block strokes of paint; and minimalist abstracts, using fine lines, string, linear structures and monochromatic colours. His interest in number structure, and the quest for a universal pattern in art and nature, resulted in an evolution of his work to the point where, he produced works that   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 10356 characters.]  Artist bio

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