Eitaro Ishigaki

Eitaro Ishigaki

Eitaro Ishigaki, c. 1940, from the Archives of American Art
Born 1893 (1893)
Taiji, Wakayama, Japan
Died 1958 (aged 64–65)
Nationality American
Field Painting, muralist

Eitaro Ishigaki (石垣 栄太郎 Ishigaki Eitarō?, December 1, 1893 – January 23, 1958) was an American artist.[1]

Life

He was born in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan. Eitaro Ishigaki was a member of the John Reed Club and the Federal Art Project. He married Ayako Ishigaki.[2]

He painted a mural at the Harlem Courthouse.[3] During World War II, he worked for the United States Office of War Information.[4] In 1951 Ishigaki was arrested and deported.[2] His work is held by the Art Institute of Chicago.[5]

References

  1. ^ Gordon H. Chang, Mark Dean Johnson, Paul J. Karlstrom, Sharon Spain, ed (2008). Asian American art, 1850-1970. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804757522. http://books.google.com/books?id=Q2Dzco1DhfsC&pg=PA338. 
  2. ^ a b Japanese Artists In New York Between The World Wars
  3. ^ The American Scene Art of the 1930s and 1940s, Harlem Courthouse Mural study
  4. ^ Michael Denning (1998). The cultural front: the laboring of American culture in the Twentieth Century. Verso. ISBN 9781859841709. http://books.google.com/books?id=QY8pUkLRM1YC&pg=PA145&lpg=PA145. 
  5. ^ Eitaro Ishigaki | The Art Institute of Chicago

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