Sakari Suzuki

Sakar Suzuki
Born 10 October 1899
Iwate, Japan
Died January 1995
Chicago, Illinois

Sakari Suzuki (10 October 1899 – January 1995) was an American artist born in Japan.

Description

Suzuki was born in Iwate, Japan. He moved to San Francisco in 1918 to join his father. He attended art school there in 1924. From 1932 until 1936 he exhibited in New York.[1] In 1936 he worked for the Federal Art Project creating murals at the Willard Parker Hospital, which is now demolished.

Suzuki moved to Chicago, Illinois in about 1951[2] and died in January 1995.

References

  1. Sakari Suzuki, Ask Art, accessed December 2011
  2. Chang, Gordon H (2008-08-11). Asian American Art (1850-1970) p.422. ISBN 978-0-8047-5752-2.


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