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Gregory Sumida

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Gregory Sumida (Born 1948) is active/lives in California.  Gregory Sumida is known for Still life, genre, landscape and figure painting.

Born and raised in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles to Japanese parents, George and Alice Sumida, Gregory Sumida is a painter of "Old World dedication".  He grinds his own paints, stretches the canvases and makes the frames.  His primary subjects are Plains Indians in landscape, such as Crows and Shoshones, and his primary media are gouache, charcoal, watercolor, tempera, and oils.  His styles vary from impressionism to realism to western to Japanese influence, and he is dedicated to continually changing and growing. 

Sumida is self taught and began selling paintings at age 15.  His life-changing inspiration came from a high school trip to the Los Angeles Art Museum and from a conversation about Andrew Wyeth with actor Charlton Heston.  Sumida expressed great admiration for Wyeth, and Heston suggested he write to him.   Amazed at getting a response, Sumida not only received a cordial note but a critique of a paintin   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1321 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  9
Magazine References:  3

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3 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Gregory Sumida
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Southwest Art The Last Alchemist March 2006 Rebello, Stephen Yes
Art-Talk Indian Influences October 2002 Jarvis, John Yes
Art of the West Sumida February 1999 Stavig, Vicki Yes
9 Book References for Gregory Sumida
Year Author Title Pages Color
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2003 Editor, Gallery Exhibition Small Works, Holiday Exhibition:
(Exhibition catalog)		 39 Yes
2001 Editors, Art of the West Art of the West Guidebook of Western Artists 2001 Edition 88 Yes
1997 Southwest Art Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art 128 No
1993 Southwest Art The Red Book Western American Price Index 126 No
1993 Southwest Art Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art 64 No
1991 Hoffman, Mark Le Peintre Sumida Persistence of Vision 61 Yes
1982 Samuels, Peggy and Harold Contemporary Western Artists 608 Yes
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