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The Great Nature of Chiura Obata
URL: http://obata.wilderness.net/

Description:
Online exhibit about California artist Chiura Obata (1885-1975), known for his paintings of the Sierra Nevada region. Features background about Obata (who was first taught to paint in Japan when he was 7), details about the sumi painting technique, and a gallery of selected works such as "El Capitan," "Yosemite Falls," and the Tanforan, California, relocation center, where Obata was interned in 1942. From the Sierra Nevada Education Project.

LII Topics: Artists, Painting & Painters

Publisher:
Sierra Nevada Education Project

LII Database Information:
Record 28131 created by Maria Brandt on 03/16/2009
Last modification on 04/30/2009
Published: 04/30/2009  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/28131

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