Yasuo Kuniyoshi

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Yasuo Kuniyoshi was a Japanese-born American modernist painter known for his distinctive figurative works and significant role in early 20th-century American art.

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Yasuo Kuniyoshi canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese-born American ⓘ
modernist artist ⓘ
painter ⓘ
person ⓘ
birthDate 1893-09-01 ⓘ
birthPlace Okayama, Japan ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Japan ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1953-05-14 ⓘ
educatedAt Art Students League of New York ⓘ
National Academy of Design ⓘ
exhibitedAt Downtown Gallery, New York ⓘ
Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ
familyName Kuniyoshi ⓘ
fieldOfWork painting ⓘ
genre figurative art ⓘ
givenName Yasuo ⓘ
hasWorkInCollection Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ
immigratedTo United States of America ⓘ
influencedBy American folk art ⓘ
European modernism ⓘ
linked to: Modernism

Japanese artistic traditions ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
memberOf American Artists’ Congress ⓘ
Artists Union ⓘ
movement American modernism ⓘ
modernism ⓘ
name Yasuo Kuniyoshi ⓘ
nationality Japanese-American ⓘ
notableFor distinctive figurative paintings ⓘ
role in early 20th-century American art ⓘ
notableWork Circus Girl Resting ⓘ
Little Joe with Cow ⓘ
Strong Woman and Child ⓘ
occupation painter ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
positionHeld president of Artists Equity Association ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
style bold outlines ⓘ
distorted proportions ⓘ
muted color palette ⓘ
simplified forms ⓘ
subjectMatter circus scenes ⓘ
self-portraits ⓘ
still lifes ⓘ
women ⓘ
taughtAt Art Students League of New York ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ

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Kenneth Hayes Miller → notableStudent → Yasuo Kuniyoshi ⓘ
Yasuo Kuniyoshi → name → Yasuo Kuniyoshi ⓘ