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George Miyasaki
George Joji Miyasaki (1935-2013) was a painter and printmaker active in the abstract expressionist movement. He was born in Kalopa, Hawaii and moved to California in 1953. He received a B.F.A. and a B.A.Ed. from the California College of the Arts in 1957 and an M.F.A. from the same institution in 1958, studying under Richard Diebenkorn and Nathan Oliveira. After teaching at the California College of the Arts and Stanford University, he was appointed a full professor at the University of California, Berkeley in 1964. By 1958, he was experimenting with methods and materials, producing what appeared to be the first color lithographs by a West Coast Abstract Expressionist that were widely shown. (They were included in 13 exhibitions in 1958 alone.) In 1960, Willem de Kooning visited Miyasaki's studio to try his hand at lithography. De Kooning, with the help of Miyasaki and Nathan Oliveira, created at least two abstract lithographs. Miyasaki's paintings and lithographs from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California College Of The Arts
California College of the Arts (CCA) is a private art school in San Francisco, California. It was founded in Berkeley, California in 1907 and moved to a historic estate in Oakland, California in 1922. In 1996 it opened a second campus in San Francisco; in 2022, the Oakland campus was closed and merged into the San Francisco campus. CCA enrolls approximately 1,239 undergraduates and 380 graduate students. History CCA was founded in 1907 by Frederick Meyer in Berkeley as the School of the California Guild of Arts and Crafts during the height of the Arts and Crafts movement. The Arts and Crafts movement originated in Europe during the late 19th century as a response to the industrial aesthetics of the machine age. Followers of the movement advocated an integrated approach to art, design, and craft. An online facsimile of the entire text of Vol. 1 is posted on the Traditional Fine Arts Organization website () In 1908 the school was renamed California School of Arts and Crafts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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