Yang DEHUA  -  1940-2002      Yunnan Painter and Printmaker

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Mr. Yang Dehua passed away in 2002 - by far too early - after a long period of disease and hospitalization. The artist had worked at Qujing Art Institute in Yunnan as a painter, printmaker and art teacher for the younger generation of artists. His painting and printmaking in philosophy and figurative style had been formed under the old political era of social realism. During the last decade of his life, Yang Dehua had developed a passion for the culture and people of Yunnan and China's western provinces like Tibet. The artist exhibited regularly in China's top level art exhibitions and received awards at these art shows. His works were shown in several countries including the United States of America (New York) and are in many major musuems in China.
Catalog Yang Dehua 1940-2002 - artelino

Yang KAISHENG  -  born 1930      Pioneer of Heilongjiang Art School

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Mr. Yang Kaisheng is a famous artist of China. He had joined the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1949. Since then he has created artwork. The artist's works have been shown and awarded at national Chinese art exhibitions. During his lifetime his prints and paintings have been shown in Japan, the United States, France, Italy, Austria, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Some of his art works are in the collection of the National Art Museum of China.
Catalog Yang Kaisheng born 1930 - artelino

Yang RUI  -  born 1950      One-Man Show in the U.S.A.

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Yang Rui was born in Suzhou in China. During the Cultural Revolution he was deported to a labor camp. In 1984 he graduated from Suzhou Fine Art School and started to work as a designer and a freelance artist. Works by Yang Rui preferably show scenic places of his home province Suzhou. In the 1990s the artist began to exhibit outside China including a one-man show at Weniger Gallery in the United States.
Catalog Yang Rui born 1950 - artelino

Yang YONGSHENG  -  born 1967      Yunnan Art School

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Yang Yongsheng was born in 1967 in Qujing City, Yunnan province. He graduated from the print department of Yunnan Fine Art Academy. Later he became director of the Qujing Print Institute. His artworks are in Chinese and Japanese museums. Yang Yongsheng received awards at art exhibitions in Yunnan and in Canada. In 2005 Yang Yongsheng received a full fellowship by the Ford Foundation and began to make his Master of Fine Arts at the University of Hawaii.
Catalog Yang Yongsheng born 1967 - artelino

Yang ZHONGYI  -  born 1949      

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Yang Zongyi was born in Cang Shou in China. His art teachers were Li Ha and Gu Yuan, two famous Chinese printmakers. The artist is specialized in woodblock prints, etching and in watercolors. The technique and style used by Yang Zongyi is extremely elaborate and of high standard. Outside of China the artist's works have been shown in Japan, Germany, Canada, USA, Holland, Italy, Singapore, Korea and the UK.
Catalog Yang Zhongyi born 1949 - artelino

Yanosuke KAWABATA  -  1893-1981      Printmaker and Painter

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Yanosuke Kawabata graduated from Keio University. He studied from 1922-1925 in Paris. Later Yanosuke Kawabata became a member of different Sosaku Hanga associations and a teacher at the renowned Kyoto City School of Fine Arts and Crafts. The artist worked as a printmaker in sosaku hanga style and as an oil painter.
Catalog Yanosuke Kawabata 1893-1981 - artelino

Yasoji WAKAYAMA  -  1903-1983      Woodblock Prints and Stencils

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Yasoji Wakayama was born in Hokkaido. Originally he had studied law. He learned woodblock printmaking from Koshiro Onchi and Senpan Maekawa, two leading artists of the sosaku hanga movement. Later the artist used also the technique of stencil prints.
Catalog Yasoji Wakayama 1903-1983 - artelino

Yasu KATO  -  1907-1997      Student of Unichi Hiratsuka

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Yasu Kato graduated from the Kyoto College of Crafts and Textiles and worked as an illustrator of children's books. He had studied with Unichi Hiratsuka. After World War II Yasu Kato had many national and international solo exhibitions. He is represented in renowned museums, for instance in the "National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C."
Catalog Yasu Kato 1907-1997 - artelino

Yasu MORI  -  born 1922      Female Artist from Kyoto

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Yasu Mori, a female artist, was born in Kyoto in 1922. She graduated in 1941 from the First Women's High School. She contributed to the print Biennales in Tokyo of 1957, 1960 and 1962. In the 1960s she stayed in the U.S.A. for two years. After her return to Japan she took a teaching position at Osaka University of Arts. Her medium is the woodblock print.
Catalog Yasu Mori born 1922 - artelino

Yasuhide KOBASHI  -  born 1931      Student of Unichi Hiratsuka

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Yasuhide Kobashi was born in Kojima in Okayama prefecture. He learned printmaking from the great Sosaku Hanga master Unichi Hiratsuka. In 1955 he graduated from the Kyoto College of Crafts and Textiles. Yasuhide Kobashi works as a sculptor and printmaker - a combination not to be met very often. Since 1965 the artist has lived permanently in the USA.
Catalog Yasuhide Kobashi born 1931 - artelino