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Taro Yamamoto (artist)
American artist (1919–1994)
For the actor, see Tarō Yamamoto.
Taro Yamamoto[1] (October 29, 1919 – June 12, 1994) belonged to the New York SchoolAbstract Expressionist artists whose artistic innovation by the 1950s had been recognized across the Atlantic, including Paris.[2]
Biography
Yamamoto was born October 29, 1919, in Hollywood, California. He lived in Japan from age six to age nineteen. Yamamoto served in the U.S. Army during World War II, from November 7, 1941, to February 23, 1946.
Yamamoto studied: 1949 at the Santa Monica City College; 1950–1952 at The Art Students League of New York, under Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Morris Kantor, Byron Browne and Vaclav Vytlacil; 1951–1953 at the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts in New York City.
Yamamoto in 1952 won the John Sloan Memorial Fellowship at The Art Students League of New York. In 1953, under the Edward G. McDowell Traveling Fellowship went to Europe.
He married Gwynneth Cotton, a naturalized English woman, in 1955, and they lived in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Th
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Taro Yamamoto participated in the Abstract Expressionist movement in New York City during the 1950s. Born in Hollywood, California in 1919, he was sent to Japan at the age of eight to receive a traditional Japanese education. His family had a lineage of Shinto priests. While pursuing his education, he discovered his passion for painting, and by the time he entered high school, he had already decided to dedicate his life to art. In 1936, he returned to the United States and began studying cubism at Los Angeles City College.
In 1941, Yamamoto joined the U.S. Army and served during World War II. After completing his service, he resumed his studies in California, this time at Santa Monica City College. In 1949, Glenn Wessel, a student of Hans Hofmann, persuaded him to move to New York City. Yamamoto then enrolled at the Art Students League in 1950. During his time there, he collaborated with notable artists like Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Vaclav Vytlacil, Byron Brown, Reginald Marsh, and Morris Kantor. He also earned a scholarship to study at the Hans Hofmann school in New York, and in 1952, h
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Taro Yamamoto American, 1919-1993
Taro Yamamoto’s prolific career began at a young age. By the age of ten, he was already painting landscapes and still lifes in oil, and had won numerous prizes in exhibitions at school.
Yamamoto was born in Hollywood, California in 1919, but was taken to live and study in Japan when he was six. His parents wanted him to receive a traditional Japanese education as he was descended from a long line of Shinto priests. Yamamoto remained there until he was 19 years old, then returned to the United States and studied cubism at Los Angeles City College.
From 1941-1946, Yamamoto served in the U.S. Army. He then went back to painting, studying at Santa Monica City College where he made an award winning painting that was later presented to the Methodist Church in West L.A.
Like many of his significant peers from that time, Yamamoto studied at the Art Students’ League in New York, working under Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Morris Kantor, Vaclav Vytlacil and Byron Browne. He subsequently received a scholarship from the Hans Hofmann School of Fine A
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