Kazuo Matsubara
Two Views of Chinatown by a Japanese-American Artist, 1920s
Drypoint etchings (2)
7 1/2 x 5 inches to 8 x 6 inches
Each signed and titled
Each signed and titled
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Two charming views of Chinatown, San Francisco, accomplished by Kazuo Matsubara, a Japanese-American artist who was active in California in the 1920s. One is titled 'Gates of China Town' and...
Two charming views of Chinatown, San Francisco, accomplished by Kazuo Matsubara, a Japanese-American artist who was active in California in the 1920s. One is titled "Gates of China Town" and the other is titled "Curiosity."
Kazuo Matsubara was born in Hawaii and relocated to San Francisco in 1912. He enrolled in the city’s school of Fine Arts and later studied in Paris, earning the Diploma of Honor from the Board of Judges of the International Exposition of Fine Art at Bordeaux in 1927. After returning to the states, he settled in the Japanese-American farming community of Guadalupe, California.
In February, 1930, the Santa Maria Times published a long profile of Matsubara in conjunction with a large show of his work at the Japanese Association Hall in Guadalupe, California. The article concludes with a lengthy quote by the notable San Francisco artist and educator Eric Spencer Macky, who opines that Matsubara is “a true artist…who conveys to us, through the medium of his pictures, what he feels and thinks of life.”
Both sheets irregularly trimmed, both could use a cleaning, and there is a small hole in the print titled "Curiosity."
Kazuo Matsubara was born in Hawaii and relocated to San Francisco in 1912. He enrolled in the city’s school of Fine Arts and later studied in Paris, earning the Diploma of Honor from the Board of Judges of the International Exposition of Fine Art at Bordeaux in 1927. After returning to the states, he settled in the Japanese-American farming community of Guadalupe, California.
In February, 1930, the Santa Maria Times published a long profile of Matsubara in conjunction with a large show of his work at the Japanese Association Hall in Guadalupe, California. The article concludes with a lengthy quote by the notable San Francisco artist and educator Eric Spencer Macky, who opines that Matsubara is “a true artist…who conveys to us, through the medium of his pictures, what he feels and thinks of life.”
Both sheets irregularly trimmed, both could use a cleaning, and there is a small hole in the print titled "Curiosity."