Minoru Kawabata

Minoru Kawabata
Born (1911-05-22)22 May 1911
Tokyo, Japan
Died 29 June 2001(2001-06-29) (aged 90)
Nationality Japanese-American
Known for Painter
Movement Abstract expressionism, color field

Minoru Kawabata (22 May 1911 – 29 June 2001) Japanese artist, whose works comprise Abstract Expressionist, Color field paintings.[1]

Life and work

Kawabata was born in Tokyo in 1911. He graduated from Tokyo Academy of Fine Arts in 1934. He studied in Paris and Italy between 1937-39. Starting in 1950 he taught art at the Tam University, Tokyo; he was a professor of art there until 1955.

At the New School for Social Research in New York City he taught for three years until 1961. Having spent two years in Japan he returned to New York City.[2] He painted in an Abstract Expressionist style in the 1950s and in a colour field style after the 1960s.[3]

Collection

Exhibitions

Reviews

References

  1. ↑ Profile, lccn.loc.gov; accessed 5 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Archives of American Art: Kawabata, Betty Parsons Gallery Files: Biographies of Gallery Artist, circa 47-83.
  3. ↑ Profile, davidrichardcontemporary.com; accessed 5 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Profile, aaa.si.edu; accessed 5 May 2015.
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