Sueko Matsueda Kimura (June 10, 1912 – December 25, 2001) was an American artist. She was born in Papaikou, Hawaii in 1912. She received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees from the

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, where she met fellow art student Keichi Kimura, whom she married in 1942. She also attended the

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(Los Angeles),

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(New York City), the

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(New York City), and with

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at the

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. She taught at the

from 1952 until her retirement as Professor of Art in 1977. The

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and the

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hold work by Sueko Matsueda Kimura.Papanikolas, Theresa and Stephen Salel, Stephen, ''Abstract Expressionism, Looking East from the Far West'', Honolulu Museum of Art, 2017, , p. 105

References

* Haar, Francis and Neogy, Prithwish, "Artists of Hawaii: Nineteen Painters and Sculptors", University of Hawaii Press, 1974, 74-80. * Morse, Morse (ed.), ''Honolulu Printmakers'', Honolulu, HI, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2003, p. 43, * Morse, Marcia, "Inner World, Outer World: The Art of Keichi and Sueko Kimura", Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2001. * Morse, Marcia, ''Legacy: Facets of Island Modernism'', Honolulu, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2001, , pp. 53–58 * Wisnosky, John and Tom Klobe, ''A Tradition of Excellence'', University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, 2002, pp. 64–67 * Yoshihara, Lisa A., ''Collective Visions, 1967-1997'',

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, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1997, 30.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kimura, Sueko Matsueda 1912 births 2001 deaths American women painters Painters from Hawaii American artists of Japanese descent Art Students League of New York alumni Artists from Honolulu 20th-century American painters 20th-century American women artists University of Hawaiʻi faculty American women academics