Nanae Ito
(born 1939)
Nanae Ito is active/lives in Missouri, Kansas / Japan. Nanae Ito is known for greeting card designer, military illustrations.
|
Born in Nagoya, Japan, Nanae Ito studied and mastered Japanese watercolor painting. She did not desire to become a wife and wanted a career, which was not possible for a woman in Japan at that time.
In 1959, she came to the United States to work as a designer for Hallmark Cards. For a period of time, she went to work for the U.S. Air Force creating illustrations and diagrams.
She currently lives in Countryside, Johnson County, frequently traveling to Europe and to her hometown in Japan.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Rachel McMasters
Miller Hunt
Botanical Library of the Carnegie Mellon University
Hallmark Cards
PUBLICATIONS
Beautiful Wildflowers ~ a Garland of Favorite American Wildflowers with 20 Watercolors Hardcover - Written & Illustrated by Nanae Ito, January 1, 1968
EXHIBITION
American Watercolor Society Show "The Art of Nanae Ito by Jim Lapham"
Written and submitted by Brady Dreasher, Fine Art Professional