OSAMU SHIMODA 1924-2000 impressionist still life modern painting
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Directory: Fine Art: Paintings: Oil: N. America: American: Pre 1960: Item # 1468288
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Oil on canvas painting of flowers in a vase, "Gladiolas", 21" by 18", signed at lower right "Shimo" and dated there 59. The artist is OSAMU SHIMODA (1924-2000). This work came out of an eclectic collection of mostly mid 20th century Hawaiian art, much of it apparently purchased in Hawaii at that time; this one retains an old label on stretcher from Sima's Art Gallery, Ala Moana Center, Honolulu 14, Hawaii. Shimoda was a part of the Nitten artists group in the early 1950's immediately after the war. The year 1959 found him arriving in New York City. The new influences caused him to transform his formerly academic style. He moved his studio to Brooklyn in 1972 and by 1975 was part of a Brooklyn Museum exhibition, "Japanese Artists of Brooklyn". Today, Shimoda is best known for his monumental size iron sculptures in public places. Frame is missing top bar, as found; will need to be replaced. There is a tiny chip missing in the darker area between the white flowers.
