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Kenjiro Nomura

Kenjiro Nomura (1896 - 1956) was active/lived in Washington / Japan.  Kenjiro Nomura is known for Abstract, modernist painting-street scenes, city views.

Following is a copy of a review of an exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum, organized by the Seattle Asian Art Museum:

SEATTLE ASIAN ART MUSEUM PRESENTS SEATTLE OF THE 1930S THROUGH THE EYES OF FIRST GENERATION JAPANESE AMERICAN ARTISTS

Painting Seattle: Kamekichi Tokita and Kenjiro Nomura October 22, 2011-February 19, 2012

SEATTLE, September 22, 2011 - Kamekichi Tokita and Kenjiro Nomura, first-generation Japanese Americans, were well known in 1930s Seattle for their American realist style of landscape painting.

"Painting Seattle: Kamekichi Tokita & Kenjiro Nomura", opening October 22, 2011, highlights the landscapes they knew well—neighborhoods in and around Japantown or Nihonmachi (today part of the International District), the working waterfront, and the farmlands cultivated by Japanese American families. Along with such artists as Kenneth Callahan, Morris Graves, and Ambrose and Viola Patterson, Tokita and Nomura were   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4638 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Kenjiro Nomura


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
Art StyleArt Subject
  • Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
  • Non Objective Subject
  • Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Japan
Art Association
  • Group of Twelve, Seattle
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Exhibition of Museum
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York

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