Nationality Japanese-American Known for Painting Died June 29, 2001 | Role Artist Name Minoru Kawabata | |
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Born 22 May 1911 ( 1911-05-22 ) Tokyo, Japan Movement Abstract expressionism, color field Periods Color Field, Abstract expressionism | ||
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Minoru Kawabata (22 May 1911 – 29 June 2001) Japanese artist, whose works comprise Abstract Expressionist, Color field paintings.
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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. He painted in an Abstract Expressionist style in the 1950s and in a colour field style after the 1960s.
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