Lecture Featuring: Tom Wolf, Ph.D.

Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889–1953) began life in America like many other Issei (first generation of immigrant Japanese Americans). Following his arrival in 1906, he took on odd jobs in a Spokane railroad yard, a Seattle office building, and as an Imperial Valley farm worker. By the 1930s, he was a well-known, well-respected New York artist. How did this Issei become one of the most important American artists of the twentieth century? Kuniyoshi scholar Tom Wolf, Professor of Art History at Bard College, discusses Kuniyoshi’s work and its relationship to Japanese art. Reservations required. Free with Museum admission.