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Toshi
Yoshida (1911-1995)
Born in
Tokyo in 1911, Toshi
Yoshida was the eldest son of Hiroshi Yoshida. Under his father's
influence, Toshi began to learn painting at age 3 and woodblock printing
at age 13. From 1925-29 he studied oil painting at Taiheiyo Art School and
in 1929
traveled with his father to India and Southeast Asia. In 1936 Toshi journeyed
to China and Korea. In 1952-53 he visited the US and Europe where he exhibited
works and lectured about woodblock prints. In 1954 he taught printmaking
for
one month at the Art Institute of Chicago and since that time has often traveled
to the US, Canada, Mexico, Africa, Australia and Antarctica for sketching,
exhibitions
and lectures. For a few years after the war, he made prints of abstract subjects,
but then reverted to prints of scenery and animals. In 1980, Toshi opened
the
Miasa Cultural Center in Nagano Prefecture where he taught students from
many countries, including Carol Jessen and Karyn Young.
Toshi Yoshida work is in the
Collections
of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; British Museum; Paris National Library,
Seattle Museum of Art and the Krakow National Museum.
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