Taro Yamamoto Abstract Composition in Blue, Red Orange

7 x 9.5 in. An American-Japanese non-objective painter, he was born in Hollywood, California on October 29, 1919, to a wealthy Japanese landlord and builder. At the age of six, he was taken to live in Japan, where he remained until age 19. According to the painter himself, he started painting at the age of six, and won many prizes in exhibitions at his Japanese schools.

At the age of 10 he was already painting landscapes and still lives in oil. Taro Yamamoto was an integral part of the Post-War Abstract Expressionist Art Movement that consumed the New York art scene in the 1950s along with such well-known artists Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Franz Kline. A student at the Art Students League of New York from 1950-1, he studied under Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Morris Kanter, and Byron Brown. Later the next year he studied with Vaclav Vytlacil and then at the iconic Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts in New York. His artworks are in major museums and private collections.

The item "Taro Yamamoto Abstract Composition in Blue, Red Orange" is in sale since Thursday, March 5, 2020. This item is in the category "Art\Paintings". The seller is "rg2003red" and is located in Hudson, New York. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Size: Small (up to 12in.)
• Region of Origin: US
• Style: Abstract
• Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
• Medium: mixed media
• Year: 1957
• Features: Framed
• Width (Inches): 9.5
• Subject: Abstract
• Originality: Original
• Height (Inches): 7