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Kaoru KAWANO  -  1916-1965      

Kaoru Kawano

Kaoru Kawano 1916-1965

Kaoru Kawano was born in Hokkaido and had studied art at Kawabata Art School. After World War II his reputation became international with solo exhibitions in New York, Seattle, Chicago. The artist worked in woodblock technique. Frequent subjects are children depicted in simplified forms and strong colors.
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Notes: also Kaoru Kono

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Literature sources used for artist biographies:

• Merritt, Helen and Yamada, Nanako, "Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints 1900-1975", University of Hawaii Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8248-1732-X
• Lane, Richard, "Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print", Fribourg, 1978, ISBN 0-914427-54-7
• Laurance, P.Roberts, "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1976
• Frances Blakemore "Who is Who in Modern Japanese Prints", John Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1975. ISBN 0-8348-0101-9
• Annual CWAJ catalogs