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Chuzo TamotzuChuzo Tamotzu Litho, Southwestern Landscape with Donkeys & Missionc. 1950s
c. 1950s
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Chuzo Tamotzu (1891-1975)
Untitled (Southwestern Scene), c. 1950
Lithograph
Sight: 12 1/2 x 16 in.
Framed: 19 1/2 x 23 1/4 x 1 in.
Edition 14 of 30
Numbered lower left, signed lower right
Chuzo Tamotzu was born in the village of Toguchi on the Japanese Island of Amami Oshima. His father was a master cabinet member and small landholder.
He attended high school on Amami Oshima and then entered Sen Shu College in Tokyo where he studied political economy for two years. During both high school and college Tamotzu studied both Oriental and Occidental art under private tutors.
In 1914, in order that he might further study the art of the Far East and Europe, Tamotzu left Japan and traveled through Korea, China, Malaya, Java, Borneo and a portion of India, arriving in France in December of 1919. From France he continued on through Holland, Belgium and England and arrived in the United States in December 1920.
From 1920 until 1941 Tamotzu lived in New York City where he pursued his career in art working in many media. He continued his studies and exhibited in many galleries and museums, among them the Whitney Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Society of Independent Artists and An American Group.
From approximately 1932-1938 he was involved in the Works Progress Administration.
Immediately after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 Tamotzu volunteered his services as a combat artist with the office of Strategic Services, in the US Army. He was stationed in New York, Washington D.C. and overseas in Kunming, China until his discharge in 1945.
In 1947 he became a founding member of New York Artist’s Equity Association.
Tamotzu married Louise Kates in 1948. Mrs. Tamotzu was born and raised in New York City. During the war During the war she served as a WAC and was stationed in New York, Georgia and the South Pacific Theater. In 1945 she received her discharge in Manila and traveled to Tokyo where she worked as a legal secretary For the International Military Tribunal of the Far East until September of 1947.
After their marriage the Tamotzus left New York and traveled to Santa Fe, NM, where they made their home. Tamotzu continued his work as an artist, participating in exhibitions and taking an active role in the community, giving chalk talks in the schools, sumi e demonstrations and classes, and working as a member of the Alliance for the Arts.
In 1953 he enlisted the aid of Susan Anderson, Art Director of the Santa Fe Elementary Schools to arrange an exchange exhibition of artworks between the children in Santa Fe and those in Hiroshima, Japan. The Museum of New Mexico arranged for a statewide traveling exhibition of the paintings by the Hiroshima children which was enthusiastically received.
In 1959 Tamotzu became a charter member of Artist’s Equity. In the 1960s the Santa Fe chapter, together with other chapters in the state was instrumental in helping pass legislation for the formation of the New Mexico Arts Commission.
In 1967, 53 years after his departure, Tamotzu returned to Japan together with his wife, to visit his family. The reunion prompted a new surge of creativity, including more than 60 sketches of Japan, and a number of paintings.
Tamotzu’s Santa Fe studio, once the studio of John Sloan, was converted into the Tamotzu Gallery in 1974. Tamotzu continued drawing and painting until January 1975 when he became too ill to work. He died on May 18, 1975. (Bio from Archives of AskArt)
- Creator:Chuzo Tamotzu (1891 - 1975, Japanese, American)
- Creation Year:c. 1950s
- Dimensions:Height: 19.5 in (49.53 cm)Width: 23.25 in (59.06 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Condition:Not examined outside of frame.
- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:Seller: BU41stDibs: LU2211215383032
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