James Suzuki Abstract Paintings
Japanese, b. 1932
James Hiroshi Suzuki follows in the footsteps of such giants of Color Field painting as Clyfford Still, Mark Rothko, and Barnett Newman. Suzuki first studied in Japan with Yoshio Markino, moving to the United States at the age of 19 to study art. Once he arrived, he studied at the Portland School of Fine Arts in Maine and the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, DC. During his education, he exhibited in various New York galleries, including Graham Gallery. He taught at University of California, Berkeley in 1962, California College of Arts and Crafts from 1964-1965, University of California Davis from 1967-1965, and accepted a position at the California State University in Sacramento where he lectured from 1972-1999.
During Suzuki’s first decade in America, his work revolved around the impressionist and abstract styles, working with the colors of the earth and sky. The serene compositions adapt characteristics from many traditional Japanese and Korean painters – especially the blues of the sky and the browns of the earth that mimic sprawling farmland. Suzuki was once quoted on Japanese-born artists, saying that “…most of our abstraction is a nature abstraction.”
His works are held at the Oakland Museum, Crocker Museum (Sacramento), National Museum of Modern Art (Japan), Toledo Museum, Rockefeller Institute (New York), Corcoran Gallery of Art, and Wadsworth Athenaeum (Hartford, CT). to
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Artist: James Suzuki
Luminary Nights, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting by James Hiroshi Suzuki
By James Suzuki
Located in Long Island City, NY
Luminary Nights
James Hiroshi Suzuki, Japanese/American (1932)
Date: 1960
Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, dated and titled on verso
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Instability, Large Abstract Expressionist Acrylic Painting by James Suzuki
By James Suzuki
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: James Suzuki, Japanese/American (1932 - )
Title: Instability
Year: circa 1975
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed verso
Size: 57 x 59 in. (144.78 x 149.86 cm)
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The Old Ones, Abstract Expressionist Acrylic Painting by James Hiroshi Suzuki
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Instability, Red and Gold Acrylic Painting by James Suzuki
By James Suzuki
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Artist: James Suzuki, Japanese/American (1932 - )
Title: Instability with Gold Rectangle
Year: circa 1975
Medium: Acrylic on Paper mounted to Canvas, signed l.r.
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"New Address" James Suzuki, Vibrant Color Abstract Expressionist Composition
By James Suzuki
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James Suzuki
New Address, 1961
Signed and dated lower right; signed, titled and dated on the reverse
Oil on canvas
54 x 42 1/2 inches
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By James Suzuki
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Untitled, circa 1960
Signed lower right "Suzuki"
Acrylic on canvas
66 1/4 x 80 inches
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