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Risaburo KIMURA  -  born 1924      Great Cities of the World

Risaburo Kimura

Risaburo Kimura born 1924

Risaburo Kimura was born in Yokusaka in Japan. He had studied education and philosophy at the universities at Yokohama and Tokyo. In the 1960s he moved to New York and became an internationally recognized artist. His works are in all major art museums of the world like Guggenheim and Moma in New York, Kyoto City Hall, Cinncinnati Art Museum, Philadelphia Art Museum and a few more. One of his best known series is a suite titled "Great Cities of the World".
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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