Arthur Okamura
| Arthur Okamura | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 24, 1932 Long Beach, California |
| Died | July 10, 2009 (aged 77) Bolinas, California |
| Nationality | U.S. |
| Education | Art Institute of Chicago Yale University Art School University of Chicago |
| Known for | painting, drawing, screen printing |
| Movement | San Francisco Renaissance |
Arthur Okamura (February 24, 1932 - July 10, 2009) was an American artist, working in screen printing, drawing and painting. He lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, and was Professor Emeritus at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco, California. His work is in the permanent collections at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the Whitney Museum in New York, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He is associated with the San Francisco Renaissance. He illustrated numerous works of literature and poetry, published a book on games and toys for children, and created illustrations for the TV movie The People.
Okamura was born in Long Beach, California, on February 24, 1932. Okamura was an American of Japanese descent.
During World War II, as a child, Okamura and his family were relocated to the Granada War Relocation Center in southeast Colorado. As a result of Executive Order 9066, the United States government forced the relocation of many American residents of Japanese ancestry to a Japanese American internment camp.
Okamura attended the Art Institute of Chicago from 1950–54, Yale School of Art in 1954, and the University of Chicago in 1951, 1953 and 1957. He moved to California after his university studies, living in San Francisco, then the artist colony of Bolinas.
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