When did Kazuo Nakamura live?

Kazuo Nakamura lived from 1926 to 2002.

What movement was Kazuo Nakamura part of?

Kazuo Nakamura was part of the Abstract Expressionism movement.

Where can I see paintings by Kazuo Nakamura?

Paintings by Kazuo Nakamura are held by Museum of Modern Art.

Kazuo Nakamura — Paintings, Biography & Famous Works

Canadian, 1926–2002

Kazuo Nakamura was a Canadian Abstract Expressionism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Kazuo Nakamura was born in Vancouver.

Kazuo Nakamura was a Japanese-Canadian painter and sculptor and a founding member of the Toronto-based Painters Eleven group in the 1950s. Among the first major Japanese Canadian artists to emerge in the twentieth century, Nakamura created innovative landscape paintings and abstract compositions inspired by nature, mathematics, and science. His painting is orderly and restrained in contrast to other members of Painters Eleven. His idealism about science echoed the beliefs of Lawren Harris and Jock Macdonald.

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Museum of Modern Art

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