Sueo Serisawa

paikka: Yokohama

Syntynyt: 1910

kuolema: 2004

Elämäkerta:

Sueo Serisawa (1910-2004) was a Japanese American artist who became known as one of the leading figures in the Los Angeles-based school of Modernism. He was born in Yokohama, Japan and immigrated to the U.S. in 1918. He studied art under George Barker, as well as at the Otis Art Institute and the Art Institute of Chicago. Serisawa's painting genres included Impressionism, Modernism, Regionalism, Expressionism, and Abstraction. He worked in oils and watercolors, also making lithographs. During his time in California he taught and painted portraits of many Hollywood personalities, including Judy Garland in 1940. He continued to exhibit, winning many substantial awards, and his increasing international reputation led to private classes for such Hollywood notables as Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor and Frances Marion. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the U.S. entry into the war, Serisawa, as a Japanese immigrant, became fearful of forced internment on the West Coast. He and his family moved first to Chicago and then to New York City until 1947 when they were able to safely return to Los Angeles. Serisawa became a painting instructor himself, teaching at Kahn Art Institute, Scripps College, and the Laguna Beach School of Art. He spent the rest of his life in California, teaching and painting right up until his death at age 94 in 2004. He is survived by a daughter, a grandson and great grandchildren.