Yasuo Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1893-1953)Reclining Nude Female. Ink on paper. Signed lower right. Gilt framed (note frame needs a little securing). Image size: 8 1/2 by 13 1/4 inches. Framed size: 14 1/4 inches by 19 1/4 inches.YasuoKuniyoshi (1 September 1893 - 14 May 1953) was an American painter, photographer and printmaker born in Okayama, Japan. He migrated to America in 1906, a year later began studying at the Los Angeles School of Art and Design.In 1910 he moved to New York and took courses at the National Academy of Design, the Independent School of Art, and the Art Students League, where he studied with Kenneth Hayes Miller. He was married to fellow artist, Katherine Schmidt from 1919 to 1932, and after traveling throughout Europe, they moved to the Woodstock, New York in 1927 and took part in the Woodstock Art Colony. Kuniyoshi studied and later taught at the Art Students League summer school there. By 1930, he hadestablishedhimselfasaninternationally known painter and graphic artist. In New York City he taught at the Art Students League, the New School for Social Research, and served as the first president of the Artists' Equity Association from 1947 to 1950.

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