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Yoko Matsumoto
"Work 1" Yoko Matsumoto, Abstract Expressionist Work by Japanese Artist

1965

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Yoko Matsumoto Work 1, 1965 Signed and dated lower left; signed on reverse and inscribed extensively in Japanese Oil on canvas 36 x 35 3/4 inches Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1936. Matsumoto graduated from the Oil Painting Department, Faculty of Fine Arts of Tokyo University of the Arts in 1960. She received very high evaluation already as a student and moved to the United States right upon graduation. Having a real time chance to witness the artists of Color field painting and abstract expressionism sweeping New York at the time, the compassion for their ideas and creative styles has become the starting point of Matsumoto’s own abstract expressionism to this day. Using acrylic paint was a pioneering act at the time when oil paint was the most commonly used on canvas. Although the “Pink” series, which embodies Matsumoto’s spiritual attitude is said to be the most important of her career, she went through numerous changes such as “Black”, “Grey”, “Watercolor”, and “Green” and continues to produce intense works till this day. While her “Pink” series is a real “all-over” design which colors of abstract expression never hold viewers’ eyes on one spot, the “Green” series creates fluidity and compositional flow through the strong elements of line-drawing and vivid orange, blue, and white hiding deep behind the green. Through her 50 years of ongoing painting activity, Matsumoto continues to pursue the forefront of abstract expressionism and becomes an artist who may well leave an important footprint on the international history of abstract painting. Her works are acquired by numerous institutions such as the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, the National Museum of Art, Osaka, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, the Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Takamatsu Art Museum, Fukuyama Museum of Art etc... She also had solo exhibitions at the National Museum of Art, Osaka in 1991, and at the National Art Center, Tokyo in 2009 (simultaneous solo exhibition with Rika Noguchi).
  • Creator:
    Yoko Matsumoto (1936, Japanese)
  • Creation Year:
    1965
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 36 in (91.44 cm)Width: 35.75 in (90.81 cm)
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    Unique WorkPrice: $18,000
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  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1841215710532

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